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- noun The
holding of anoffice (formal role).
Etymologies
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Examples
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When the United States began in 1776, every state had a restriction on the franchise based on ownership of property and a similar but stronger property qualification for officeholding.
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Other qualifications—including stiff property requirements—would be the same as for legislative representatives, except that the restrictions on plural officeholding would not apply.
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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The restrictions on federal officeholding by congressmen and ex-congressmen in Article I, Section 6, paragraph 2, were, Madison argued, sufficient to avoid the corruption that Grayson predicted.
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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Other qualifications—including stiff property requirements—would be the same as for legislative representatives, except that the restrictions on plural officeholding would not apply.
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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The restrictions on federal officeholding by congressmen and ex-congressmen in Article I, Section 6, paragraph 2, were, Madison argued, sufficient to avoid the corruption that Grayson predicted.
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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When the United States began in 1776, every state had a restriction on the franchise based on ownership of property and a similar but stronger property qualification for officeholding.
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The restrictions on federal officeholding by congressmen and ex-congressmen in Article I, Section 6, paragraph 2, were, Madison argued, sufficient to avoid the corruption that Grayson predicted.
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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Other qualifications—including stiff property requirements—would be the same as for legislative representatives, except that the restrictions on plural officeholding would not apply.
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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New Jersey Policy Perspective scored a media hit this week with the release of its "How Much Is Enough?" report on an unnoticed byway in the dual-officeholding sweepstakes: those who hold an elected and a NON-ELECTED public job (of which Plainfield has several).
Archive 2007-07-01 Dan 2007
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New Jersey Policy Perspective scored a media hit this week with the release of its "How Much Is Enough?" report on an unnoticed byway in the dual-officeholding sweepstakes: those who hold an elected and a NON-ELECTED public job (of which Plainfield has several).
Doubledipping proposal would touch some Plainfield officials Dan 2007
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