ad vitam aut culpam
ad vitam aut culpam
‘for life or until blame’. Many office holders are appointed on this basis, but the modern trend is to fix retirement ages; for example, judges are now appointed subject to a retirement age.Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006
AD VITAM AUT CULPAM. An office to be so held as to determine only by the
death or delinquency of the possessor; in other words it is held quam diu se
benegesserit.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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