seniority rule
Americannoun
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The seniority rule is, in fact, an unwritten custom.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
Recall that the chairman of each of the standing committees is chosen according to the seniority rule.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
The seniority rule is also closely applied in each house when it elects the other members of each of its committees.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
The charge grows out of seniority rule, long common in large mass-production industries.
From Time Magazine Archive
The seniority rule, by which committee chairmanships went not to ability but to long service, favored mediocrity and second childhood.
From Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington by Clinton W. (Clinton Wallace) Gilbert
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