Public agent
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 5 U.S. 345 - Hodgson v. Dexter · 1803Most cited · 44 citing opinions
It is too clear to be controverted, that where a public agent acts in the line of his duty and by legal authority, his contracts made on account of the government are public and not personal. They enure to the benefit of, and are obligatory on the government, not the officer.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
An agent of the public, the state, or the government; a person appointed to act for the Dublic in some matter pertaining to the administration of government or the public business. See Story, Ag. § 302; Whiteside v. United States, 93 U. S. 254, 23 L. Ed. 882.
Defined under Agent in Black's Law Dictionary.