at Her Majesty's pleasure
Prepositional phrase
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Prepositional phrase
- (legal, of a position supposedly granted or imposed by a queen) indefinitely
- The Governor serves at Her Majesty's pleasure.
- The murderer was imprisoned at Her Majesty's pleasure.
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