at Her Majesty's pleasure
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English[edit]
Prepositional phrase[edit]
- (law, of a position notionally granted or imposed by a queen) 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.
- (informal, loosely) in prison
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prison
- He spent two years at Her Majesty's pleasure.