virtue of office

virtue of office
An act by virtue of office is one in which the act is within the authority of the officer but in doing it he exercises that authority improperly or abuses the confidence which the law imposes in him. Maryland Cas. Co. v. McCormack, Ky., 488 S.W.2d 347, 349.

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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