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Meaning of functus officio | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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