official capacity suitglossary / official-capacity suit A lawsuit that is nominally against one or more individual state employees but that has as the real party in interest the state or a local government. Cf. personal-capacity suit. 词条贡献者 双语律师Pablo,国际知名法学院法律专业,擅长翻译涉及高端品牌及消费品领域的法律文件。