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- 1. a legal limit on the number of terms, or consecutive terms, that the holder of a particular office may serve: "San Antonio mayors have a term limit of four terms"
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Legal restriction that limits the number of terms an officeholder may serve in a particular elected office
A term limit is a legal restriction on the number of terms a person may serve in a particular elected office. When term limits are found in presidential and semi-presidential systems they act as a method of curbing the potential for monopoly, where a leader effectively becomes "president for life". This is intended to protect a republic from becoming a de facto dictatorship. Term limits may be a l... Wikipedia