lame duck period

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• Lame duck — Un lame duck (littéralement « canard boiteux ») désigne, dans le monde politique anglo saxon, un élu dont le mandat arrive à terme, et plus particulièrement un élu toujours en poste, alors que son successeur est déjà élu mais n occupe… …   Wikipédia en Français

• lame duck — {n.}, {informal} An elected public official who has been either defeated in a new election or whose term cannot be renewed, but who has a short period of time left in office during which he can still perform certain duties, though with somewhat… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• lame duck — {n.}, {informal} An elected public official who has been either defeated in a new election or whose term cannot be renewed, but who has a short period of time left in office during which he can still perform certain duties, though with somewhat… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• lame duck — ˌlame ˈduck noun [countable] informal 1. a politician or a government that no longer has any real power or authority: • A bad defeat for his party in October risks making him a lame duck for the remaining two years of his presidency. 2. COMMERCE… …   Financial and business terms

• lame duck — n. A public official still in office after the election but before the inauguration of his or her successor. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. lame duck …   Law dictionary

• lame duck — lame ducks 1) N COUNT: oft N n (disapproval) If you describe someone or something as a lame duck, you are critical of them because they are not successful and need to be helped a lot. Look, I m not one of your lame ducks... It is not proper to… …   English dictionary

• lame duck — n 1.) a person, business etc that is having problems and needs help 2.) lame duck president/governor/legislature etc informal a president, ↑governor etc with no real power because his or her period in office will soon end …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• lame duck — lame′ duck′ n. 1) gov an elected official or group continuing in office in the period between an election defeat and a successor s assumption of office 2) cvb gov a president who is completing a term of office and chooses not to run or is… …   From formal English to slang

• lame duck — lame duck, adj. 1. an elected official or group of officials, as a legislator, continuing in office during the period between an election defeat and a successor s assumption of office. 2. a president who is completing a term of office and chooses …   Universalium

• lame duck — ► NOUN 1) an ineffectual or unsuccessful person or thing. 2) N. Amer. a President or administration in the final period of office, after the election of a successor …   English terms dictionary

• lame duck — 1. n. someone who is in the last period of a term in an elective office. □ You can’t expect much from a lame duck. □ As a lame duck, there’s not a lot I can do. 2. mod. having to do with someone in the last period of a term in an elective office …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions