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A term limit is a legal restriction that limits the number of terms a person may serve in a particular elected office. Term limits are found usually in presidential and semi-presidential systems as a method to curb the potential for dictatorships, where a leader effectively becomes "president for life". There are different types of term limits. Sometimes, there is an absolute limit on the number of terms a person can serve, while, in other cases, the restrictions are merely on the number of consecutive terms a person can serve. Use of term limitsSee also: List of political term limitsFrom Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  cache.boston.com 384px x 539px | 35.30kB [source page] Even in a bland office building on Boylston Street Hugo Chavez the president of Venezuela is stirring up controversy  i.dailymail.co.uk 304px x 468px | 68.60kB [source page] Venezuela has paved the way for Hugo Chavez to stand for re election as president after voting to lift limits on terms in office for elected officials  media3.washingtonpost.com 270px x 217px | 14.90kB [source page] Caracas venezuela Feb 15 Fourteen months after his first attempt failed Venezuelan President Hugo ChA vez won a referendum Sunday to eliminate term limits paving the way for him to rule far into the 21st century to carry out his socialist transformation of this oil rich country From Yahoo Image Search: "Term Limits"  news.google.com WWJ Land has been secretary of state since 2003 but she can't run again in 2010 because of term limits . And Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm can't run for ... Mich. secretary of state not running for governor Chicago Tribune Mich. secretary of state not running for governor ConnectMidMichigan.com all 50 news articles » news.google.com New York Times Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said last October that extending the city's term limits law would provide voters with more choices. ... Bloomberg is a petulant rich kid Examiner.com The Latest Stray Words of an Off-the-Cuff Mayor New York Times all 90 news articles » news.google.com Daily Monitor Mr Yoweri Museveni's insistence to run for a fourth term in 2011 is depriving him of two benefits. First is a chance to preside over an inter-generational ... and more » From Google News Search: "Term Limits"
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U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995).
Term Limits Take Effect (Washington Post)
Missouri Term Limits Ballot Measure goes to U.S. Supreme Court (CNN.com)