Functionary
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
One who is in office or in some public employment. FUNCTUS OFFICIO (Lat.) A term applied to something which once has had life and power, but which has become of no virtue whatsoever. For example, a warrant of attorney on which a judgment has been entered is functus officio, and a second judgment cannot be entered by virtue of its authority. When arbitrators cannot agree, and choose an umpire, they are said to be fundi officio.
Watson, Arb. 94.
If a bill of exchange be sent to the drawee, and he passes it to the, credit of the holder, it is functus officio, and cannot be further negotiated.
5 Pick. (Mass.) 85.
When an agent has completed the business with which he was intrusted, his agency is functus officio.
2 Bouv. Inst, note 1382.