official use
Defined in 6 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
United States Code
31 U.S.C. § 3733 — for purposes of this section
the term “official use” means any use that is consistent with the law, and the regulations and policies of the Department of Justice, including use in connection with internal Department of Justice memoranda and reports; communications between the Department of Justice and a Federal, State, or local government agency, or a contractor of a Federal, State, or local government agency, undertaken in furtherance of a Department of Justice investigation or prosecution of a case; interviews of any qui tam relator or other witness; oral examinations; depositions; preparation for and response to civil discovery requests; introduction into the record of a case or proceeding; applications, motions, memoranda and briefs submitted to a court or other tribunal; and communications with Government investigators, auditors, consultants and experts, the counsel of other parties, arbitrators and mediators, concerning an investigation, case or proceeding.
42 U.S.C. § 7412 — in this section (8 versions over time)
The term “official use” means an action of a Federal, State, or local government agency or an entity referred to in subclause (I)(ee) intended to carry out a function relevant to preventing, planning for, or responding to accidental releases.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
An active use. Wharton. OFFICIARIIS NON FACIENDIS VEL amovendis. A writ addressed to the magistrates of a corporation, requiring them not to make such a man an officer, or to put one out of the office he has until inquiry is made of his manners, etc. Reg. Orig. 126.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An active use before the statute of uses, which imposed some duty on the legal owner or feoffee to uses, as a conveyance to A with directions for him to sell the estate and distribute the proceeds amongst B, C, and D. To enable A to perform this duty he had the legal possession of the estate to be sold. Wharton. OFFICIARIIS NON FACIENDIS VEL
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
An active nse before the stafute of uses, which imposed some duty on the legal owner or feoffee to uses; as a conveyance to A. with directions for him to sell the estate and distribute the proceeds among B., C., and D. To enable A. to perform this duty, he bad the degal possession of the estate to be sold. Wharton.
Defined under Use in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
An active use before the statute of uses, which imposed some duty on the legal owner or feofee to uses; asa conveyance to A. with directions for him to sell the estate and distribute the proceeds amoug B., C., and D. To enable A. to perform this duty, he had the legal possession of the estate to be sold. Wharton.