"functus officio" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Latin functus officio (“having performed one's duty”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|functus}} Latin functus Head templates: {{en-adj|-|nolink=1}} functus officio (not comparable)
  1. (law) (of a judge etc.) Having completed one's involvement in a matter (e.g. at the end of a court case), so that one no longer has jurisdiction to revisit it. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: functus
    Sense id: en-functus_officio-en-adj-dhFa5-yo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Latin links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Law Topics: law
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