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.

AD VITAM AUT CULPAM. An office to be so held as to determine only by thedeath or delinquency of the possessor; in other words it is held quam diu sebenegesserit.