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tenure definition - legal

n

  1. An ancient hierarchical system of land possession or holding in subordination to a superior.
  2. The status afforded teachers and professors, long considered a cornerstone of academic freedom of protection against dismissal without adequate cause.
  3. A general legal protection of a long-term relationship, such as employment.

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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