Constitutional officer
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
One whose tenure and term of office are fixed and defined by the constitution, as distinguished from the incumbents of offices created by the legislature.
Foster v. Jones, 79 Va. 642, 52 Am. Rep. 637 ; People v. Scheu, 60 App. Div. 592, 69 N. Y. Supp. 597.