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1) adj. an act, document or anything sanctioned or authorized by a public official or public agency. The term can also apply to an organizational act or product which is authorized by the organization, such as an Official Boy Scout knife or emblem, an official warranty, membership card, or set of rules. 2) n. a public officer or governmental employee who is empowered to exercise judgment. 3) n. an officer of a corporation or business. (See: officer)

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.
2. In the canon law, the person to whom the bishop generally commits the charge of his spiritual jurisdiction, bears this name. Wood's Inst. 30, 505; Merl. Repert. h.t.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

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This will also be the first time for RSS that a book by their senior functionary will be released by a publisher that isn't part of an in-house team.

Senior Sangh functionary pens book sharing RSS' outlook on modern issues

Since, he said, the failure of the criminal justice system to promptly respond to the complaint of the petitioner and then to conduct effective investigations stands established in the instant case, each public functionary has made himself liable to pay special costs to the petitioner.

In a rare verdict, IHC slams fine on retired three-star general

Krajmer is the first police functionary to leave his post since Tomas Drucker replaced Robert Kaliak in the post of Interior Minister.

Anti-Corruption Unit head Krajmer resigns

Sources said that land acquisition collectors who were appointed in 24 Tehsils under the sweet will of top functionary of Punjab government are stated to be behind the fixation of inflated rates for acquisition of land.

Land acquisition process for Lahore-Karachi motorway calls into question transparency of project

Former SDSM functionary Kire Naumov concludes that if Crvenkovski loses these elections, this will be an end to his political career.

Crvenkovski threw himself in a new adventure

Kutev's father, Konstantin Kutev, was a longtime BSP functionary.

Bulgarian Socialists Up in Arms over AIDS Comparison

Dismissals of deputy ministers and ministers are not ruled out either," the BDI functionary explains.

One-fifth of BDI functionaries to be replaced

Nova Makedonija has learned that the abovementioned functionary is former interior minister and former presidential candidate Ljubomir Frckoski.

A former interior minister from the Government of SDSM was discussed by the lustration commission

Wang made the remark in response to calls from Lawmaker Ho Tsai-feng of the ruling Kuomintang, who noted that after the 3% hike, every public functionary will see their monthly pay increase by NT$2,230 on average.

Basic wage should be raised by over 3% this year: CLA minister

According to Taleski, the latest example with the purchase of building land by a present functionary shows how the politics is understood and practiced as personal business.

Public good or personal business?

Reportedly, a team of the health functionary administered polio drops in Hajweri Town, a thickly populated vicinity of the city belonging to the working class.

Three minors die due to polio drops

Zack Wormhaut's seasoned skate facility design team took it all in as did LA city civic arts functionary Stash Maleski.

The City of Los Angeles is moving forwards with the process to create a skate facility on the site of the old Damson oil field in Venice, CA