FUNCTUS OFFICIO

functus officio (f<<schwa>>ngk-t<<schwa>>s <<schwa>>-fish-ee-oh). [Latin “having

performed his or her office”] (Of an officer or official body) without further authority or legal

competence because the duties and functions of the original commission have been fully

accomplished. • The term is sometimes abbreviated to functus <the court was functus>. [Cases:

Officers and Public Employees 44. C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees §§ 339, 345.][Blacks Law 8th]