crisislease
/ˈkraɪsɪsˌliːs/nounVerified NewThe renewable tenure by which emergency powers are held, extended at each expiry rather than surrendered.
The powers come with a term — three months, one year — and renewal has become a formality. The lease is reviewed, the legislature nods, and the tenant stays. Legally it is tenancy; behaviorally it is ownership.
Etym. — crisis + lease; frames emergency rule as the tenancy it resembles on paper and no longer resembles in practice.
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