A legal limit on the number of terms, or consecutive terms, that the holder of a particular office may serve.
‘San Antonio mayors have a term limit of four terms’
‘Term limits should be imposed on a company's operating officers.’
‘A term limit for the presidency was set at five years in 1984.’
‘He was one of several members of the Senate judiciary subcommittee who hurried to agree with the president that term limits represented an undemocratic restriction on voters.’
‘The Council voted to extend term limits to 12 years from 8.’
‘New York voters passed term limits in 1993, and polls show they remain strongly in favor of them.’
‘The beating began a wave of reforms for the police department, including stricter term limits for police chiefs.’
‘She is barred by term limits from serving as president beyond March 2015.’
‘He released a new web video on Tuesday highlighting his support for term limits on members of Congress.’
‘The plan includes proposing a Constitutional amendment to impose term limits on members of Congress. ’
‘Many US states have term limits, and I haven't seen any literature showing states with term limits are better run than similar states without.’
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