term limit

noun
Often, term limits. a statutory limit on the number of terms an official may serve: the Twenty-second Amendment, which imposed term limits on U.S. presidents.
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Main Entry:  term limit
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a legal restriction on the number of times a person may be elected to and serve in a particular public office
Example:  Term limits are a major issue in U.S. politics, but rarely elsewhere in the world.
Etymology:  1861-66
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Term limit is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
Example sentences
Accordingly, the final rule contains no short-term limit for this substance.
No other state has such a term limit, and it is difficult to find qualified
  applicants to serve for only a six-year term.
The only exception to the term limit schedule shall be for water resource board
  membership.
Members filling unexpired terms on the council will not have any partial term
  of service count against the two-term limit.
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