In
legal English, the seat of any organization is the center of authority.
Commercial
The seat of a corporation is the publicly registered headquarters,
or
registered office 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, or
public trust, within a government normally filled by
election.
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 (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...
of citizens, and may hold the seat for a limited
term 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
An ...
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 Bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives (Australia), House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Chapter ...
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
*
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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