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tenure |
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tenure Noun 1. the holding of an office or position 2. the length of time an office or position lasts 3. the holding of a teaching position at a university on a permanent basis 4. the legal right to live in a place or to use land or buildings for a period of time [Latin tenere to hold]
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tenure Translationstenure [ˈtɛnjuəʳ] n [of land etc] → Nutzungsrecht nt [of office] → Amtszeit f; (Univ); to have tenure → eine Dauerstellung haben |
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| According to all the constitutions, also, the tenure of the highest offices is extended to a definite period, and in many instances, both within the legislative and executive departments, to a period of years. There was a common head, chieftain, or sovereign, whose authority extended over the whole nation; and a number of subordinate vassals, or feudatories, who had large portions of land allotted to them, and numerous trains of INFERIOR vassals or retainers, who occupied and cultivated that land upon the tenure of fealty or obedience, to the persons of whom they held it. He has made judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. |
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