COMPETITIVE CIVIL-SERVICE EXAMINATION

competitive civil-service examination.A test designed to evaluate a person’s qualifications for a civil-service position. • This type of examination may be open to all those seeking civil-service employment, or it may be restricted to those civil servants seeking a promotion. See CIVIL SERVICE. [Cases: Officers and Public Em-ployees  11.3. C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees §§ 80–85, 125, 128–129.] [Blacks Law 8th]