ex officio

[ eks uh-fish-ee-oh ]

/ ˈɛks əˈfɪʃ iˌoʊ /

by virtue of office or official position.

Origin of ex officio

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1525–35

The township trustees, 1016 in number, are ex-officio overseers of the poor.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4 |Various
The mayor is ex-officio the judge, but the presiding judge is an assessor appointed by the crown and paid by the corporation.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 7 |Various
But I have yet to learn that the rector of the parish has an ex-officio right to interfere between a landlord and his tenants.'

Robert Elsmere |Mrs. Humphry Ward
"I'm practically an ex-officio member in good standing myself," I said.

The Telenizer |Don Thompson

By its charter the board consisted of a president, 16 ex-officio and 30 ordinary members, with honorary and corresponding members.

A Short History of English Agriculture |W. H. R. Curtler

ex officio

/ (ˈɛks əˈfɪʃɪəʊ, əˈfɪsɪəʊ) /

by right of position or office Abbreviation: ex off

Latin