at Her Majesty's pleasure
English
Prepositional phrase
at Her Majesty's pleasure
- (law, of a position notionally granted or imposed by a queen) indefinitely; for an arbitrary period determined by the monarch or her government (especially for indefinite tenure or imprisonment)
- The Governor serves at Her Majesty's pleasure.
- The murderer was imprisoned at Her Majesty's pleasure.
- (informal, loosely) in prison
- He spent two years at Her Majesty's pleasure.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prison
Coordinate terms
- at His Majesty's pleasure
- at the Governor's pleasure
Derived terms
- live at Her Majesty's pleasure