WordNet
n. the term during which some position is held [syn: tenure, incumbency]
Wikipedia
A term of office is the length of time a person serves in a particular elected office. In many jurisdictions there is a defined limit on how long terms of office may be before the officeholder must be subject to re-election. Some jurisdictions exercise term limits, setting a maximum number of terms an individual may hold in a particular office.
Usage examples of "term of office".
I am familiar with all the routine business of the sheriffalty, and I am ready and willing and anxious to-give all the information that can be of any benefit to you, and to do any and everything in my power to make your term of office as pleasant and profitable as it can be made.
Day Lewis's term of office, and nominations were being invited for his successor.
The local United Party organizer, a Party rosette on his lapel, introduced Shasa as a man who needed no introduction and extolled the fine work he had done for the constituency during his previous short term of office.
A planetary leader would send a representative - often a child or other close relative - to live on Vulcan for the duration of the leader's term of office.
For the first time during his term of office, US President Rex Anford has declared himself healthy and fit, and his doctors back him up.
No more so than any Chairman in the fifth decade of his term of office.
But that would have carried you on beyond your term of office, since you were so close to its edge.