Civil Service
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
This term properly includes all functions under the government, except military functions. In general it is confined to functions in the great administrative departments of state.
See Hope v. New Orleans, 106 La. 345, 30 South. 842; People v. Cram, 29 Misc. Rep. 359, 61 N. Y. Supp. 858.