Ex Officio Definition

ĕks ə-fĭshē-ō
adjective
By virtue of office or position.
American Heritage
adverb
By virtue of one's office, or position.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • by right of office

Origin of Ex Officio

  • Latin ex officiō ex from officiō ablative of officium office

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin

    From Wiktionary

Ex Officio Sentence Examples

  • The presidency of the council of state belongs ex officio to the minister of justice.

  • Singapore is the political, commercial and administrative headquarters of the colony of the Straits Settlements, and the governor for the time being is ex officio high commissioner of the Federated Malay States, British North Borneo, Sarawak, the Cocos-Keeling and Christmas Islands, and governor of Labuan.

  • The ministers, also nominated, councli are ex officio members.

  • The township trustees, 1016 in number, are ex-officio overseers of the poor.

  • On the establishment of civil government in the islands, on the 4th of July 1901, he became governor, ex officio.

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