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term limit

legal restriction that limits the number of terms an officeholder may serve in a particular elected office
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Summary

term limit ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (423 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • term limit is a type of electoral restriction[2].
  • term limit's Commons category is recorded as Term limits[3].
  • term limit is the opposite of re-election[4].
  • term limit's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Term limits[5].
  • term limit's facet of is recorded as term of office[6].

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Definition and Type

term limit is a type of electoral restriction[2]. It is the opposite of re-election[4].

Why It Matters

term limit ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (423 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → re-election
    Facet of → term of office
    Topic's main category → Category:Term limits
    Subclass of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007558800505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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