Ministerial Act
MINISTERIAL ACT
A ministerial act is one an official performs as a matter of legal duty, without any personal discretion and without judging the merits. For example, in marbury v. madison (1803), Chief Justice john marshall described delivery of an appointee's commission as a ministerial act of the secretary of state.
Dennis J. Mahoney
(1986)
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