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Constitutional officer

Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1910)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

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.

Defined under Constitutional in Black's Law Dictionary.