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security of tenure

British  

noun

  1. (in Britain) the right of a tenant to continue to occupy a dwelling or site unless the landlord obtains a court order for possession of the property or termination of the tenancy agreement

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The Crofters Holdings Act was enacted by William Gladstone's Liberal government and granted security of tenure to small-scale tenant farmers known as crofters.

From BBC

However this meant it was near-impossible for them to get bank loans as their security of tenure was not guaranteed.

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Chief justices in Ghana enjoy security of tenure - meaning they can only be removed from office on a few grounds, which include incompetence and misbehaviour.

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In their March 31 letter, the U.N. experts portrayed the assistance HUD has offered as insufficient compared to actual compensation, finding that the residents “have accrued security of tenure and possibly homeownership rights, which are no longer linked to their tribal membership.”

From Seattle Times

"There is so much of joblessness. There was a hiring freeze for two years. Students spent money hard earned by their struggling parents for coaching. Now they say there's no security of tenure".

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