Etymograph

English

functus officio

Functus officio comes from Latin functus ‘having performed one's duty’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfunctus‘having performed one's duty’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2021functus officio

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfunctus‘having performed one's duty’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2021functus officio

Earliest quotation: 2021, Nicolas Kasirer, Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Manitoba, 2021 SCC 33: “A court loses jurisdiction, and is thus said to…”

Every English word from Latin functus

Today it means

adj (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.

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Etymograph / Latin functus / functus officio

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