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lame duck definition - legal

adj

Colloquial; often pejorative

An elected official whose successor has already been elected, and who is serving out the remainder of a term.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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