Official
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Pertaining to an office, or the function of an office, as an official act, bond, certificate, oath, etc.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
n. An officer; a person Invested with the authority of an oilice.
In the civil law. The minister or apparitor of a magistrate or judve, In canon law. A person to whom a bishop commits the charge of his spiritual! jurisdiction.
In common and statute law. The person whom the archdeacon substitutes in the execution of his jurisdiction, Cowell.