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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.

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