officer

officer
A term of vague and variant import, the meaning of which varies necessarily with the context and the circumstances surrounding the use of the term. 42 Am J1st Pub Of § 2. A commissioned officer of the Armed Forces. 36 Am J1st Mil § 51. A policeman. One holding or inseparably connected with an office. Metcalf v Mitchell, 269 US 514, 70 L Ed 384, 46 S Ct 172. A person who holds an office, either public or private. 42 Am J1st Pub Of § 2. An officer is distinguishable from a person who holds a place of trust or profit. Such places are not offices, and yet they occupy the same general level in dignity and importance. Members of the legislature are not officers. Their places are places of trust and profit, but they are not offices of trust and profit. Doyle v Aldermen of Raleigh, 89 NC 133. See corporate officers; municipal officer; public officer.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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