Lame ducks remain in office, but no longer carry the same imprimatur of popular will.
During his address to parliament Mr Berlusconi again vowed to remain in office until 2013.
The Afghan supreme court ruled Sunday that President Hamid Karzai will remain in office until the election.
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In some instances the Pope may ask a bishop to remain in office.
Meanwhile Ennahda's leader Rached Ghannouchi said all parties involved in Monday's talks had agreed they wanted Mr Jebali to remain in office.
Of the 21 Blue Dogs elected since 2006, five remain in office.
She will remain in office for two years, succeeding Davidson Hepburn (Bahamas), who presided over the 35th session of the General Conference.
He was one of several judges sacked by Gen Pervez Musharraf in 2007 after they questioned his right to remain in office.
Also, MLB commissioner Bud Selig, a staunch ally and longtime friend of Wilpon, agreed Thursday to remain in office for another two years.
It makes you wonder if one of the questions during the debate should be: Do you intend to remain in office, if elected?
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President Anibal Cavaco Silva said after the talks that the coalition government should remain in office and that the country should honour its international commitments.
Megawati Sukarnoputri, the incumbent, urged everyone to accept the result, whatever it is, even though she seems unlikely to remain in office (see article).
That is surely why Mr Blair is happy to let her remain in office, a lame duck and not necessarily a game one, until the election.
One journalist pointed out that the president had said he hoped Blair would remain in office until the end of the U.S. presidential term in 2008.
That does not necessarily mean changing Russia's constitution to remain in office for a third term, as a burble of supplications from regional politicians is urging.
He didn't reveal much more on Friday, except that even with federal charges hanging over his head, his bravado, public confidence, and resolve to remain in office are undiminished.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe won his party's support to remain in office at a conference aimed at choosing a nominee for coming elections and quelling the infighting to succeed him.
Mr Jebali's resignation comes despite comments by Ennahda's leader Rached Ghannouchi on Monday that all parties involved in the coalition building talks had wanted the prime minister to remain in office.
He was one of the crucial, last-minute votes in favor of same-sex marriage in 2011, and the only one of four Republican state senators who supported that bill to remain in office.
And Georgia's new Prime Minster, Bidzina Ivanishvili, has said that President Mikheil Saakashvili, whose party was ousted in October's parliamentary elections and who is supposed to remain in office until next year, could also face charges.
He won a vote of confidence after an extraordinary hearing of the FIA's general assembly in early June which allowed him to remain in office, despite calls for him to quit his role from some parties in Formula One.
The decision to step down marked an unexpected change of heart for the Nevada Republican who as recently as last month said he would remain in office until his planned retirement from politics because he had not violated ethics rules.
Philippe Redom, a 56-year-old rough sleeper and former chef, prefers to remain in his alcove outside an office block.
Unlike some of the world's faster-paced cities - New York, London, or even Toronto - few office workers remain in their suits or shirt sleeves long after the clock hits five.
According to Steve Sakwa of Merrill Lynch, in the short term there will be severe scarcity in New York, which is now destined to remain one of the tightest office-space markets in the country.
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Despite this, the person has been allowed to remain in post and in the same office.
Met Office severe weather warnings remain in place in Wales and western parts of England and Scotland.
Even after eight years in office, Mr Uribe's approval ratings remain as high as 60%, and Mr Santos said he was keen to build on his success.
Michael Vanhise, Richard Meltz and Robert Christopher Asch entered not-guilty pleas to conspiracy to kidnap charges and remain in custody, according to Jerika Richardson, spokeswoman for the office of the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Mr. Mehiri says a prosecutor allowed him to remain free on condition he sign in each week at the central judicial office in Tripoli.
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