ex officio 〈拉〉依职权 １仅依所据官职而无需另外授权即能产生相应结果。如御前大臣〔Lord Chancellor〕依职权当然为上诉法院〔Court of Appeal〕法官和高等法院衡平庭庭长〔President of the Chancery Division of the High Court〕，高等法院首席大法官〔Lord Chief Justice〕依职权为上诉法院法官；２指官员所行使的权力不是特别授权给他的，而必然是他的职位所固有的。这种权力，就是「依职权」而行使的权力。
ex officio (eks [schwa]-fish-ee-oh), adv. & adj.[Latin] By virtue or because of an office; by virtue of the authority implied by office. • The term is often misused as a synonym for “nonvoting.” Some meetings mistakenly label their regularly invited guests as “ex officio members” when in fact they are not members at all; others