executive
Defined in 6 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
United States Code
3 U.S.C. § 21 — as used in this chapter
"executive" means, with respect to any State, the Governor of the State (or, in the case of the District of Columbia, the Mayor of the District of Columbia), except when the laws or constitution of a State in effect as of election day expressly require a different State executive to perform the duties identified under this chapter.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
That power in the government which causes the laws to be executed and obeyed. The officer in whom the executive power is vested. The constitution of the United States directs that "the executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States of America." Article 2, § 1. See Story, Const, bk. 3, c. 36.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
That power in the government which causes the laws to be executed and obeyed. It is usually confided to the hands of the chief magistrate; the president of the United States is invested with this authority under the national government; and the governor of each state has the executive power of the state in his hands. The officer in whom the executive power is vested.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
As distinguished from the legislative and judicial departments of government, the executive department is that which is charged with the detail of carrying the laws into effect and securing their due observance. The word "executive" is also used as an impersonal designation of the chief executive officer of a state or nation. Comm. v. Hall, 9 Gray (Mass.) 267, 69 Am. Dec. 285; In re Railroad Com'rs, 15 Neb. 679, 50 N. W. 276; In re Davies, 168 N. Y. 89, 61 N. E. 118, 56 In R. A. 855; Sinte v. Denny, 118 Ind. 382, 21 N. E. 252, 4 L. R. A. 79.
— Executive administration, or ministry. A political term in England, applicable to the higher and responsible class of public officials by whom the chief departments of the government of the kingdom are administered. The number of these amounts to fifty or sixty persons. Their tenure of office depends on the confidence of a majority of the house of commons, and they are supposed-to be agreed on all matters of general policy except such as are specifically left open questions. Cab. Lawy.
— Executive officer. 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.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
As distinguished from the legislative and judicial departments of government, the executive department is that which is charged with the detail of carrying iy ascd as an impersonal designation of the chief executive officer of a state or nation. Executive officer means an officer in whom resides the power to execute the laws. 4 Cal. 127, 146.