FUNCTUS OFFICIO


Meaning of FUNCTUS OFFICIO in English

|fəŋ(k)təsəˈfishēˌō adjective

Etymology: Latin, having performed his duty, having served its purpose

: of no further official authority or legal efficacy — used of an officer no longer in office or of an instrument, power, or agency that has fulfilled the purpose of its creation

once exercised, their power of approval or disapproval is functus officio — U.S. Fed. Supplement

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.