Ex officio information
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In English law
A criminal information filed by the attorney general ex officio on behalf of the crown, in the court of king's bench, for offenses more immediately affecting the government, and to be distinguished from informations in which the crown is the nominal prosecutor.
Mozley & Whitley; 4 Steph. Comm. 372-378.