1. Of or relating to an office or position of trust or authority (official duties).
2. Authorized or approved by a proper authority (a company’s official policy).
official, n.
1. One who holds or is invested with a public office; a person elected or appointed to carry out some portion of a government’s sovereign powers.
— Also termed public official. [Cases: Officers and Public Employees
1. C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees §§ 1–9, 12–17, 21.]
2. One authorized to act for a corporation or organization, esp. in a subordinate capacity. [Cases: Corporations 303. C.J.S. Corporations § 471.]
3. (usu. cap.) OFFICIAL PRINCIPAL.
