"term limit" meaning in English

See term limit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: term limits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Political science, Politics, Politics Translations (maximum): límit de mandat [masculine] (Catalan) Translations (restriction): límit de mandat [masculine] (Catalan), herverkiezing (Dutch), finis spatii (Latin)
    Sense id: en-term_limit-en-noun-kgz8h8Sa Disambiguation of Politics: 100 0 Categories (other): Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Latin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 45 55 Topics: government, political-science, politics, social-sciences

Verb

Forms: term limits [present, singular, third-person], term limiting [participle, present], term limited [participle, past], term limited [past]
Head templates: {{en-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 Tags: alt-of, alternative, informal, transitive Alternative form of: term-limit
    Sense id: en-term_limit-en-verb-oI4Jc~3e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Latin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 45 55

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