Quasi-judicial

The sort of authority or discretion vested in an officer wherein his acts partake of a judicial character. See 60 Conn. 448, 25 Am. St. Rep. 337, 22 Atl. 494.

A term applied to the action, discretion, etc., of public administrative officers, who are required to investigate facts, or ascertain the existence of facts, and draw conclusions from them, as a basis for their official action, and to exercise discretion of a judicial nature. See Bair v. Struck, 29 Mont. 45, 74 Pac. 69, 63 B R. A. 481; Mitchell v. Clay County, 69 Neb. 779. 96 N. W. 078; De Weese v. Smith (a C.) 97 Fed. 317. As to judicial "Day," "Deposit," "Discretion," "Documents," "Evidence," "Factor," "Mortgage," "Notice," "Process," "Sales," "Sequestration," and "Writs," see those titles.

Defined under Judicial in Black's Law Dictionary.