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Ex officio   Listen
adverb
Ex officio  adv.  (pl. ex officiis)  From office; by virtue, or as a consequence, of an office; officially.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Ex officio" Quotes from Famous Books



... thereby extended over it "so far as the same or any provisions thereof may be applicable." This act provided for the appointment by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, of a governor (who was to be ex officio superintendent of Indian affairs), a secretary, three judges of the supreme court, a marshal, and a district attorney. Subsequent acts provided for the appointment of the officers necessary to extend our land and our Indian system over the Territory. Brigham Young was appointed the first governor ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... the soul-satisfying repose of the spot, at some masterpiece from the brush of Motonobu, you find yourself wondering, in a fanciful sort of way, whether Buddhist contemplation is not after all only another name for the contemplation of the beautiful, since devotees to the one are ex officio such ...
— The Soul of the Far East • Percival Lowell



Words linked to "Ex officio" :   by right of office



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