United States officer

Usually and strictly, in United States statutes, a person appointed in the manner declared under Art. II, No. 2, U.S.Const., providing for the appointment of officers, either by the President and the Senate, the President alone, the courts of law, or the heads of departments. Steele v. U. S., 267 U.S. 505, 45 S.Ct. 417, 418, 69 L.Ed. 761