What is CIVIL OFFICE? Definition of CIVIL OFFICE in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
An office, not merely military in its nature, that pertains to the exercise of the powers or authority of civil government. State ex rel. Landis v. Futch, 122 Fla. 837, 165 So. 907, 909. Requisites are continuity, creation and definition of powers and duties by Constitution or Legislature, or their authority, possession of governmental power, and independence unless controlled by superior officers. State ex rel. McIntosh v. Hutchinson, 187 Wash. 61, 59 P.2d 1117, 1118, 105 A.L.R. 1234.
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