Executive officer
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
An officer of the executive department of government; one in whom resides the power to execute the laws; one whose duties are to cause the laws to be executed and obeyed.
Thome v. Ban Francisco, 4 Cal. 146 ; People v. Salsbury, 134 Mich. 537, 96 N. W. 939; Petterson v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 58 S. W. 100.