be seated—
1. (imper.) is used as an invitation to sit down:
- Thank you all for being here today and please be seated.
2. be placed in a chair or other seat:
- Once they were seated in her office, she started to explain the problem.
3. be established in a position of power or authority:
- Churchill won and was seated as a Liberal member in the 1906 election.
be unseated—be removed from office:
- No first-term governor has been unseated in the state since 1918.