Official Act
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
By an official act is not simply meant a lawful act of the officer — it means any act done by the officer in his official capacity, under color and by virtue of his office.
154 111. 601, 52 111. App. 345; 137 Mass. 191.