In
legal English
Legal English is the type of English as used in legal writing. In general, a legal language is a formalized language based on logic rules which differs from the ordinary natural language in vocabulary, morphology, syntax, and semantics, as well ...
, the seat of any organization is the center of authority.
Commercial
The seat of a corporation is the publicly registered headquarters,
or
registered office
A registered office is the official address of an incorporated company, association or any other legal entity. Generally it will form part of the public record and is required in most countries where the registered organization or legal entity ...
of a corporate entity. Also referred to as the
siège reel, or head office. It is the legal center of operations, and the locale which generally determines what laws bind the corporation.
Government
A seat is a competitive
position of trust
A position of trust is any position that requires its holder to enjoy the trust of those who elected or chose the holder. It is often used in a more restricted sense defined by an organization or by legislation.
One possible legal summary of a Pos ...
, or
public trust
The concept of public trust relates back to the origins of democratic government and its seminal idea that within the public lies the true power and future of a society; therefore, whatever ''trust'' citizens place in its officials must be respect ...
, within a government normally filled by
election
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operat ...
.
The politician represents a
constituency
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...
of citizens, and may hold the seat for a limited
term
Term may refer to:
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**Technical term, part of the specialized vocabulary of a particular field, specifically:
***Scientific terminology, terms used by scient ...
after which the
electorate
Electorate may refer to:
* The people who are eligible to vote in an election, especially their number e.g. the term ''size of (the) electorate''
* The dominion of a Prince-elector in the Holy Roman Empire until 1806
* An electoral district or c ...
votes once again to fill the seat.
At the time the politician gains authority, the politician is said to be ''seated''. During the politician's term, they are considered to be the ''sitting'' trust of that seat. For example, from 2017 to 2021, the sitting President of the
Australian Senate
The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia. There are a t ...
was
Scott Ryan. If an incumbent politician fails to win an election or is removed from office, they are said to be ''unseated''.
See also
*
Elections
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
*
Siège social
Siège social ( French, usually translated as "head office") is a concept in international law for determining the nationality of companies. It is essentially based on effective nationality, as opposed to “paper nationality”, where the company ...
References
Legal terminology
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