functus officio
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin functus officio (“having performed one's duty”).
Adjective
[edit]functus officio (not comparable)
- (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.
- 2021 September 24, Nicolas Kasirer, “Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Manitoba, 2021 SCC 33”, in CanLII[1], retrieved 25 February 2025:
- A court loses jurisdiction, and is thus said to be functus officio, once the formal judgment has been entered […] After this point, the court is understood only to have the power to amend the judgment in very limited circumstances, such as where there is a statutory basis to do so, where necessary to correct an error in expressing its manifest intention, or where the matter has not been heard on its merits.