ex officio
By one's title
Ex officio describes authority or membership that comes automatically with holding a particular office or position, rather than by election or appointment.
A school principal might be an ex officio member of the PTA board.
The vice president serves as ex officio president of the Senate.
The term is Latin for "from the office."
Legal authority's scope
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- rightMorally proper or entitled
entitlement · prerogative · capacity · standing · purview · competence · discretion · sanction
Existing as essential part
- implicitUnderstood without being stated
- attachedJoined to another thing
- accordedGave or granted formally
- grantedGiven or allowed officially
conferred · vested · customary · traditional · presumed · understood · default · built-in
Flat rigid panel
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- trusteeOne managing another's assets
- regentInterim throne holder
director · senate · assembly · delegate · representative · nonvoting · voting · seat
Required moral task
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
charge · trust · custodianship · fiduciary · answerability · mandate · function · portfolio
How authority is exercised
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- senateLegislative governing body
- chancellorSenior administrative official
provost · dean · rector · mayor · governor · superintendent · commissioner · convocation
jurisdiction
Legal authority's scope
right · entitlement · prerogative · capacity · standing · purview · competence · discretion · sanction · empowerment
inherent
Existing as essential part
- implicitUnderstood without being stated
- attachedJoined to another thing
- accordedGave or granted formally
granted · conferred · vested · customary · traditional · presumed · understood · default · built-in · accompanying
board
Flat rigid panel
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- trusteeOne managing another's assets
regent · director · senate · assembly · delegate · representative · nonvoting · voting · seat · appointment
duty
Required moral task
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
stewardship · charge · trust · custodianship · fiduciary · answerability · mandate · function · portfolio · brief
governance
How authority is exercised
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- senateLegislative governing body
chancellor · provost · dean · rector · mayor · governor · superintendent · commissioner · convocation · accreditation
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- Legal Latinab initio, bona fide, caveat emptor, certiorari, de facto
- board rolesboard chair, board member, board president, chair, chairman
- committee membershipchair, co-chair, vice chair, secretary, treasurer
- bylawsarticles, voting, clause, membership, provision
- LatinLatin, Latin vocabulary, Latin roots, Latin alphabet, Latin phrases
ex officioelected
Chosen by ballot
appointed · nominated · designated · chosen · selected
ex officioelective
Chosen, not mandated
appointive · at-large · discretionary · ad hoc · competitive
office, officer, official, unofficial, police officer, officiate, officialdom, officeholder, home office