Definition of "term of office" [term of office]

• The term during which some position is held (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "He was bent on the hushing-up course lest his Presidency should become synonymous with a great judicial crime; he feared that he might be forced to resign even before his term of office was over, or, at all events, that he might have to abandon all hope of re-election."
• "The term of office of Frank Black, Governor of the State of New York, was about expiring."
• "They did not look back on their past term of office with much satisfaction; they had been constantly in a minority; and although such useful measures as Rowland Hill's Penny Postage had been carried, nothing had been done to meet the most urgent needs of the time."