EX OFFICIO

From office; by virtue ot the office; without any other warrant or appointment than that resulting fro~ the holding of a particular office. Powers may be exercised by an officer which are not specifically conferred upon him, but are nece arily implied in his office; these are e. off i,,cio. Thus, a judge has ruJ off i,,cio the powers of a conservator of the peace. Court a are bound to notice public statutes judicially· and e/JJ off i,,cw. -Ex officio information, In English law. A criminal information filed by the attorney general ea, officio on behalf of the crown in the court of king's bench, for offenses mhre im• ~e~atel_y affecting the government, and to be d1stmgmshed from informations in which the crown is the nominal prosecutor. Mozley & Whitley; 4 Steph. Comm. 372-378.-Ex offl.cio oath. An oath taken by offending priests· abolished by 13 Car. II. St. 1, c. 12. ' Ex pac to illlcito non oritu:r actio, From an illegal contract an action does not arise. Broom, Max. 742. See 7 Clark & F. · 729. [s. 458]