term limit

See also: term-limit

English

Text of the 22nd Amendment, which imposed a term limit on the President of the United States. Many countries nowadays have a term limit for their president.

Noun

term limit (plural term limits)

1. (politics, political science) The maximum number of terms that a person may legally serve in a particular elected office.
   • 2023 December 28, Shenna Bellows, “Ruling of the Secretary of State”, in State of Maine Secretary of State‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 December 2023, page 15:

     Attorney Gordon cites no authority for his interpretation of the Twenty-Second Amendment, which is contrary to the Amendment's plain meaning. Application of the term limit turns on whether an individual has actually been elected President twice, not on beliefs or assertions about that fact. Cf. Nader v. Butz, 398 F. Supp. 390, 397 (D.D.C. 1975) ("Having been elected to [the presidency] twice, [Richard Nixon] is precluded from serving again.") That Mr. Trump has falsely asserted that he won the 2020 election is no more disqualifiying than it would be for him to proclaim that he is not a United States citizen. In other words, political grandstanding does not trigger the bar of the Twenty-Second Amendment.

Translations

restriction

• Catalan: límit de mandat m
• Dutch: herverkiezing (nl)
• Latin: finis spatii

maximum

• Catalan: límit de mandat m

Further reading

• term limit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

term limit (third-person singular simple present term limits, present participle term limiting, simple past and past participle term limited)

1. (transitive, informal) Alternative spelling of term-limit