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EX OFFICIO
Latin, From office.] By virtue of the characteristics inherent in the holding of a particular office without the need of specific authorization
or appointment.
The phrase ex officio refers to powers that, while not expressly conferred upon an official, are necessarily implied in the office. A judge
has ex officio powers of a conservator of the
peace.
EX OFFICIO. By virtue of his office. 2. Many power s are granted and exercised by public officers which are not expressly delegated. A judge,
for example, may, ex officio, be a conservator of the peace, and a justice of the peace.
From office; by virtue of the office; without any other warrant or appointment than that resulting from the holding of a particular office. Powers may be exercised by an officer which are not specifically conferred upon him, but are necessarily implied in his office; these are ex officio.
Thus, a judge has ex officio the powers of a conservator of the peace. Courts are bound to notice public statutes judicially and ex officio. Ex officio information. In English law. A criminal information filed by the attorney general ex officio on behalf of the crown, in the court of king’s bench, for offenses more immediately affecting the government, and to be distinguished from informations in which the crown is the nominal prosecutor. Mozley & Whitley;
4 Steph. Comm. 372-378. Ex officio oath. An oath taken by offending priests; abolished by 13 Car. II. St1,c12.
Ex pacto illioito non oritur actio.
From an illegal contract an action does not arise. Broom, Max. 742. See 7 Clark & F. 729.
EX OFFICIO
(ex oh-fish-ee-oh) Latin for "from the office." Used when someone holds one position because of the authority he or she has from another position (such as being on a committee simply because one is president of the corporation).