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at Her Majesty's pleasure

at Her Majesty's pleasure prepositional phrase: indefinitely; for an arbitrary period determined by the monarch or her government (especially for indefinite tenure or imprisonment).

Prepositional phrase

  1. Indefinitely; for an arbitrary period determined by the monarch or her government (especially for indefinite tenure or imprisonment).
    • The Governor serves at Her Majesty's pleasure.
    • The murderer was imprisoned at Her Majesty's pleasure.
  2. (broadly, informal) In prison.
    • He spent two years at Her Majesty's pleasure.

Words formed from at Her Majesty's pleasure

Questions about at Her Majesty's pleasure

What does at Her Majesty's pleasure mean?
At Her Majesty's pleasure means indefinitely; for an arbitrary period determined by the monarch or her government (especially for indefinite tenure or imprisonment).
What part of speech is at Her Majesty's pleasure?
At Her Majesty's pleasure is a prepositional phrase.

Words near at Her Majesty's pleasure in the dictionary

  1. at half-sword
  2. at hand
  3. at haphazard
  4. at heart
  5. at heck and manger
  6. at Her Majesty's pleasure
  7. at home
  8. at homes
  9. at intervals
  10. at issue
  11. at it

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