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Definition of Senior status
1. Noun. Higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service.
Generic synonyms: High Status
Attributes: Senior, Junior
Derivative terms: Senior
Definition of Senior status
1. Noun. (US legal) In the United States federal court system, a form of semi-retirement in which a judge continues to engage in judicial activities including the disposition of cases on a limited basis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Senior Status
Literary usage of Senior status
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Courthouse Construction: Information on Courtroom Sharing by Bernard L. Ungar (2001)
"Another courtroom planning assumption the judiciary has used is that all active
judges will opt for senior status within the first year of eligibility, ..."
2. Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1998: Report From the Committee on the edited by Howard Coble (1999)
"Section 301: Judicial Retirement Matters This section would change the "rule of
80" age and service requirements for retirement to senior status by justices ..."
3. The American Oxonian by Association of American Rhodes Scholars (1918)
"This means, in the words of Dr. EM Walker, who proposed the statute, that "a
graduate of an approved American university is now qualified for senior status ..."
4. Managing Diplomacy: The United States and Japan by Harrison M. Holland (1984)
"... others pragmatic; moved up the career ladder from junior through midlevel to
senior status but with different ground rules governing the ascent; ..."
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