Meaning of functus officio | Babel Free

Definitions

(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.

not-comparable

Examples

“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.”

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