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Official
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Officialcivil and canon laws. In the ancient civil law, the person who was the minister of, or attendant upon a magistrate, was called the official.
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Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Canon
Canon means a rule or particularily a body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a certain field, here referred to the law field.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Minister
1) Government. An officer who is placed near the sovereign, and is invested with the administration of some one of the principal branches of the government. 2) International law. This is the general name given to public functionaries who represent their country abroad, such as ambassadors, nvoys, and residents. A custom of recent origin has introduced a new kind of ministers, without any particular determination of character; these are simply called ministers, to indicate that they are invested with the general character of a sovereign's mandatories, without any particular assignment of rank or character. 3) Ecclesiastical. law. One ordained by some church to preach the gospel. 4) Mediator. An officer appointed by the government of one nation, with the consent of two other nations, who have a matter in dispute, with a view by his interference and good office to have such matter settled.
Attendant
One who owes a duty or service to another, or in some sort depends upon him.
Magistrate
Mun. law. A public civil officer, invested with some part of the legislative, executive, or judicial power given by the constitution. In a narrower sense this term includes only inferior judicial officers, as justices of the peace.
Official
civil and canon laws. In the ancient civil law, the person who was the minister of, or attendant upon a magistrate, was called the official.
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Office
An office is a right to exercise a public function or employment, and to take the fees and emoluments belonging to it
Office book
Evidence. A book kept in a public office, not appertaining to a court, authorized by the law of any state.
Office copy
A transcript of a record or proceeding filed in an office established by law, certified under the seal of the proper officer.
Office found
English law. When an inquisition is made to the king's use of anything, by virtue of office of him who inquires, and the inquisition is found, it is said to be office found.
Office, inquest of
An examination into a matter by an officer in virtue of his office.
Official reports
The publication of cumulated court decisions of state or federal courts in advance sheets and bound volumes as provided by statutory authority.
Officina justitiae
English law. The chancery is so called, because all writs issue from it, under the great seal returnable into the courts of common law.
Officio
EX. By virtue of one's office.
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Office
An office is a right to exercise a public function or employment, and to take the fees and emoluments belonging to it
Office book
Evidence. A book kept in a public office, not appertaining to a court, authorized by the law of any state.
Office copy
A transcript of a record or proceeding filed in an office established by law, certified under the seal of the proper officer.
Office found
English law. When an inquisition is made to the king's use of anything, by virtue of office of him who inquires, and the inquisition is found, it is said to be office found.
Office, inquest of
An examination into a matter by an officer in virtue of his office.
Official
Official reports
The publication of cumulated court decisions of state or federal courts in advance sheets and bound volumes as provided by statutory authority.
Officina justitiae
English law. The chancery is so called, because all writs issue from it, under the great seal returnable into the courts of common law.
Officio
EX. By virtue of one's office.
Ohio
The name of one of the new states of the United States of America. It was admitted into the Union by virtue of the act of congress, entitled "An act to enable the people of the eastern division of the territory north-west of the river Ohio, to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union, on an equal footing with the original states, and for other purposes," approved, May 30, 1802,
Old age
This needs no definition. Sometimes old age is the cause of loss of memory and of the powers of the mind, when the party may be found non compos mentis.
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Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Canon
Canon means a rule or particularily a body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a certain field, here referred to the law field.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Minister
1) Government. An officer who is placed near the sovereign, and is invested with the administration of some one of the principal branches of the government. 2) International law. This is the general name given to public functionaries who represent their country abroad, such as ambassadors, nvoys, and residents. A custom of recent origin has introduced a new kind of ministers, without any particular determination of character; these are simply called ministers, to indicate that they are invested with the general character of a sovereign's mandatories, without any particular assignment of rank or character. 3) Ecclesiastical. law. One ordained by some church to preach the gospel. 4) Mediator. An officer appointed by the government of one nation, with the consent of two other nations, who have a matter in dispute, with a view by his interference and good office to have such matter settled.
Attendant
One who owes a duty or service to another, or in some sort depends upon him.
Magistrate
Mun. law. A public civil officer, invested with some part of the legislative, executive, or judicial power given by the constitution. In a narrower sense this term includes only inferior judicial officers, as justices of the peace.
Official
civil and canon laws. In the ancient civil law, the person who was the minister of, or attendant upon a magistrate, was called the official.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Office
An office is a right to exercise a public function or employment, and to take the fees and emoluments belonging to it
Office book
Evidence. A book kept in a public office, not appertaining to a court, authorized by the law of any state.
Office copy
A transcript of a record or proceeding filed in an office established by law, certified under the seal of the proper officer.
Office found
English law. When an inquisition is made to the king's use of anything, by virtue of office of him who inquires, and the inquisition is found, it is said to be office found.
Office, inquest of
An examination into a matter by an officer in virtue of his office.
Official reports
The publication of cumulated court decisions of state or federal courts in advance sheets and bound volumes as provided by statutory authority.
Officina justitiae
English law. The chancery is so called, because all writs issue from it, under the great seal returnable into the courts of common law.
Officio
EX. By virtue of one's office.
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Office
An office is a right to exercise a public function or employment, and to take the fees and emoluments belonging to it
Office book
Evidence. A book kept in a public office, not appertaining to a court, authorized by the law of any state.
Office copy
A transcript of a record or proceeding filed in an office established by law, certified under the seal of the proper officer.
Office found
English law. When an inquisition is made to the king's use of anything, by virtue of office of him who inquires, and the inquisition is found, it is said to be office found.
Office, inquest of
An examination into a matter by an officer in virtue of his office.
Official
Official reports
The publication of cumulated court decisions of state or federal courts in advance sheets and bound volumes as provided by statutory authority.
Officina justitiae
English law. The chancery is so called, because all writs issue from it, under the great seal returnable into the courts of common law.
Officio
EX. By virtue of one's office.
Ohio
The name of one of the new states of the United States of America. It was admitted into the Union by virtue of the act of congress, entitled "An act to enable the people of the eastern division of the territory north-west of the river Ohio, to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union, on an equal footing with the original states, and for other purposes," approved, May 30, 1802,
Old age
This needs no definition. Sometimes old age is the cause of loss of memory and of the powers of the mind, when the party may be found non compos mentis.
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