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Meanings of life tenure in inglês

russo
посмертная должность
português
vitaliciedade
espanhol
vitalicio

Term of office that lasts for the officeholder's lifetime.

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      Examples for "lifetime tenure"
      Examples for "lifetime tenure"
      1
      But that plus the fact that she had lifetime tenure- asortof platonic marriage to Doc-madeAriane's behavior at most a source of dry amusement.
      Seveneves
      1
      Therefore it took 800 million years for life to appear on Earth.
      The Science of Battlestar Galactica
      2
      Its presence, therefore, would reduce the number of building blocks for life.
      Wired
      3
      After the past week maybe fear should be reserved for life-threatening situations.
      Hard eight
      4
      Transportation, it was called: for five years, for ten years, for life.
      American Gods
      5
      It's based on 27 core skills, establishing competencies for life-long water safety.
      Radio NZ
      1
      A slave, during good behavior, is almost as safe as a freedman.
      Andivius Hedulio: Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of ...
      2
      Justices served during good behavior instead of at the pleasure of the king.
      Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
      3
      Its members hold office during good behavior, that is to say for life.
      Our Changing Constitution
      4
      They hold the office for life, or during good behavior, or until they resign.
      Civil Government for Common Schools / Prepared as a Manual for P...
      5
      The judges shall hold their offices during good behavior.
      The Debs Decision
      1
      That was effected through what is known as a tenure during good behavior, as opposed to a tenure at the will of the monarch.
      "'Tis Sixty Years Since" / Address of Charles Francis Adams; Fou...
      Usage of life tenure in inglês
      1
      The same are allotted to the individual as a life tenure only.
      The Planet Mars and Its Inhabitants, a Psychic Revelation
      2
      No life tenure would hold for an office which did not exist.
      The United States of America, Part 1: 1783-1830
      3
      Holding life tenure under the Constitution, they could be reached only by impeachment.
      The United States of America, Part 1: 1783-1830
      4
      So a seven years' tenure has been substituted for life tenure.
      The Long White Cloud: "Ao Tea Roa"
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      But the Judiciary was entrenched in life tenure and not susceptible to this remedy.
      The United States of America, Part 1: 1783-1830
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      Popular election and life tenure cannot well go together.
      The American Judiciary
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      A life tenure cannot be adopted as a rule, unless pensions for a civil list shall follow.
      Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 / From Lincoln to Garfield, w...
      8
      Accepting the Chief-Justiceship under a life tenure, he was "saddled" on the Republicans, as they said.
      The United States of America, Part 1: 1783-1830
      9
      And then life tenure after the manner of the Caesars and Cromwells of history, and especially the Latin-Americans-Bolivar ,Rosasand Diaz?
      Marse Henry (Volume 2) / An Autobiography
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      On the question of a life tenure there is a similar division of opinion, which logically follows the two positions just stated.
      Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 / From Lincoln to Garfield, w...
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      Instead of the usual life tenure of trustees, their term was made five years and they were to be chosen by ballot.
      Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1
      12
      Copyright is thus made a life tenure and something more in all countries except our own, where its utmost limit is forty-two years.
      A Book for All Readers / An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Pres...
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      The importance of having nine unaccountable people with life tenure decide controversial issues is underlined by the idea that they stand above partisan politics.
      Reuters