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Tenure of Office Act

Tenure of Office Act

 
pronunciation:
ten yr v aw fihs aekt
part of speech: noun
definition: a law forbidding the U.S. President to remove a federal officeholder from office without the approval of the Senate. The act was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1867, overriding the veto of President Andrew Johnson.