The act of setting aside a sovereign or a public officer; deprivation of authority and dignity; displacement; removal.
A writing acknowledging a debt; a writing or certificate signed by a public officer, as evidence of a debt due to some person; the sum thus due.
Such prosecutions are brought by a public officer, who will not be apt to select an incompetent magistrate, and has no strong motive for choosing one specially likely to give judgment against the defendant.
The coroner is in fact a public officer, and like other public officers receives payment for his services.
The act of receiving the money under the circumstances, though not criminal, was one of those acts of doubtful propriety that could scarcely be justified in a public officer.
A solid ground of complaint must therefore exist to induce an individual to prosecute a public officer, and public officers are careful not to furnish these grounds of complaint when they are afraid of being prosecuted.
Thus, to recapitulate in a few words what I have been showing: If a public officer in New England commits a crime in the exercise of his functions, the ordinary courts of justice are always called upon to pass sentence upon him.
The European generally submits to a public officer because he represents a superior force; but to an American he represents a right.
He may make, but he cannot conclude, a treaty; he may designate, but he cannot appoint, a public officer.
A solid ground of complaint must therefore exist, to induce an individual to prosecute a public officer, and public officers careful not to furnish these grounds of complaint, when they are afraid of being prosecuted.
Thus, to recapitulate in a few words what I have been showing:-- If a public officer in New England commits a crime in the exercise of his functions, the ordinary courts of justice are always called upon to pass sentence upon him.
With the provision above mentioned, there is little danger that a citizen, oppressed by a public officer, would find any difficulty in becoming his own informer, and inducing a rigid inquiry into the alleged misconduct.
I hold it to be the first duty of a public officer to obey the law.
It is the right as well as the duty of a public officerto be zealous in the public service.
A person taking upon himself to act as a public officer, and taking or keeping a person in custody unlawfully or without authority, is false imprisonment; for which the offender may be fined or imprisoned.
Aiding or attempting to aid a prisoner committed for felony, to escape from confinement, or forcibly rescuing a prisoner charged with crime, from the custody of a public officer, is a crime.
Bribery is promising or giving a reward to a public officer, to influence his opinion, vote or judgment.
I have no discord, as a public officer, with men of any creed or politics if they will obey the law.
I propose no other rule, either as an individual or as a public officer.
Perhaps I may assume, as a public officer representing in some sense all the States of the Union, to bring to-day their appreciation of the history and people of this patriotic State.
I bring to you the assurance that as an individual citizen and as a public officer my interest, my affection, and my duty embrace all the people of this land.
A public officer in Scotland who prosecutes in petty criminal cases; -- called also procurator fiscal.
Law) Defn: A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for that purpose.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "public officer" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
