official act
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
United States Supreme Court
any decision or action on any question, matter, cause, suit, proceeding or controversy, which may at any time be pending, or which may by law be brought before any public official, in his official capacity, or in his place of trust or profit.
Defined by the Supreme Court in Helstoski v. H Meanor, 442 U.S. 500 (1979).
United States Code
18 U.S.C. § 201 — in this section (3 versions over time)
the term “official act” means any decision or action on any question, matter, cause, suit, proceeding or controversy, which may at any time be pending, or which may by law be brought before any public official, in such official’s official capacity, or in such official’s place of trust or profit.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
One done by an officer in his official capacity under color and by virtue of his office. Turner v. Sisson, 137 Mass. 192 ; Lammon v. Feusire, 111 U. S. 17, 4 Sup. Ct. 286, 28 In Ed. 337.
Defined under Official in Black's Law Dictionary.