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CIVIL OFFICER. The constitution of the United States, art. 2, s. 4, provides, that the president, vice-president, and civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of treason, bribery, ...
A civil officer with power to administer and enforce law, as:
A local member of the judiciary having limited jurisdiction, especially in criminal cases.
MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marsh, horse, and scale, servant), a title given in various countries to certain military and civil officers, usually of high rank.
'Congress was also invested with authority to appoint a committee of the states to sit in the recess of congress, and to consist of one delegate from each state, and other committees and civil officers, ...
MAGISTRATE,
mun. law. A public civil officer, invested with some part of the legislative, executive, or judicial power given by the constitution. In a narrower... more ...
: an offense that the U.S. Senate deems to constitute an adequate ground for removal of the president, vice president, or any civil officer as a person unfit to hold public office and deserving of impeachment ...
 See also: Civil, Person, Office, Officer, State
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