- tenure of office
- The right to hold office for a prescribed term. 43 Am J1st Pub Of § 149. The possession of an office. The length of time an office is held. See tenure statutes; term of office.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
tenure of office
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