juniority

A Congressional "juniority" system would do the same.

By handicapping returning lawmakers, juniority would discourage career politicians.

His ear for high school wit is even better: an upperclassman cuts ahead of a freshman in practice and explains, "I have juniority."

The distrust and disrespect pervades to all parts of society whenever and wherever there is seniority and juniority, for example between a parent and a child, a teacher and a student.

He was also a member of the Chinese Taipei national baseball team in the 1988 Olympics when baseball was a demonstration sport, but did not play in any of the tournament's matches due to his juniority at that time.

On the other hand, they never had openly quarrelled; Joseph (by Morris's orders) was prepared to waive the advantage of his juniority; Masterman had enjoyed all through life the reputation of a man neither greedy nor unfair.