a duck with only one foot
a free and independent duck," she responds
an elected official currently in office whose replacement has been chosen, but not yet formally sworn in
an elected official who has lost a re-election but continues to hold office in between the time of the election and the time of the inauguration
an office holder who loses an election but continues in office until he is offically replaced
a political adjective used in some democratic countries
a President that cannot get legislation that he favors passed
When Congress (or either chamber) reconvenes in an even-numbered year following the November general elections to consider various items of business. Some lawmakers who return for this session will not be in the next Congress. Hence, they are informally called "lame duck" Members participating in a "lame duck" session.
A political office holder who, because of term-limits, retirement or defeat, will not be returning to office after the end of his or her present term of office. Presidents serving in their second terms are not eligible to run for a third term and are, therefore, "lame duck" Presidents.
an officeholder during the free-wheeling last days of his term, when he can pardon, screw, and kill anyone he wants
Member of Congress (or the President) who has not been reelected but whose term is not yet expired.
An officeholder whose term has expired or cannot be continued, who thus has lessened power.
A member of Congress (Or the President) who has not been re-elected but whose term of office has not yet ended.
officeholder who has failed to win, or is ineligible for, re-election but whose term in office has not yet ended
person holding office after his or her replacement has been elected to the office, but before the current term has ended. In the American presidency, the period after election day in November and the swearing-in of the new President in January is known as the lame duck period.
A lame duck is an elected official who loses political power or is no longer responsive to the electorate as a result of
A lame duck, in the context of a game, is a player who remains in the game but has no chance of winning. It must be literally impossible— not merely highly improbable — for a player to win for it to constitute a lame-duck scenario. If a game frequently admits lame-duck scenarios, this is considered a severe design flaw.