public office
public office 公职 「公职」的主要特点包括:1其权限由法律授予;2有一定任期;3有权行使部分政府管理职能。
public office. A position whose occupant has legal authority to exercise a government’s sovereign powers for a fixed period. [Cases: Officers and Public Employees 1. C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees §§ 1–9, 12–17, 21.]