Word.ws English Dictionary

senior status

senior status noun: 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.

Noun

senior status (uncountable)

  1. (US) 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.

Questions about senior status

What does senior status mean?
Senior status means 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.
What part of speech is senior status?
Senior status is a noun.

Words near senior status in the dictionary

  1. senior school
  2. senior schools
  3. senior ship of the line captain
  4. senior ship-of-the-line captain
  5. senior slide
  6. senior status
  7. senior synonym
  8. senior synonyms
  9. senior theater
  10. senior vice president
  11. senior vice presidents

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: senior status (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “senior status.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/senior_status. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.