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during good behavior

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922)

Definitions from Case Law

From 322 U.S. 451 - De Castro v. Board of Commissioners · 1944Most cited · 290 citing opinions

a provision that an office be held 'during good behavior' is generally deemed indicative of an intention to create a life tenure unless cause for removal arises

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

While conducting oneself comformably to law. 240 111. 564.