security of tenure
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025
Teacher union foe Terry Moe has found in polling that “most teachers see the security of tenure as being worth tens of thousands of dollars a year.”
From Slate • Jun. 13, 2014
Yet this part of the housing sector is the least regulated and has least security of tenure.
From The Guardian • May 15, 2013
Whoever is in charge of this team has no security of tenure.
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2012
It is often said that the land belonged to wealthy English absentees, and the unfortunate occupiers, who had no security of tenure, were ground down by the payment of exorbitant rents.
From Is Ulster Right? by Anonymous
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