1) Legal terminology
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n. an act, particularly of a governmental employee, which is performed according to statutes, legal authority, established procedures or instructions from a superior, without exercising any individual judgment.
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A ministerial act is a government action `performed according to legal authority, established procedures or instructions from a superior, without exercising any individual judgment.` It can be any act a functionary or bureaucrat performs in a prescribed manner, without exercising any individual judgment or discretion. Under law, this would be cl.....
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(n) Ministerial Act is the execution or implementation of any statute, directions, instructions, procedures etc which one person is authorized or instructed to carryout without any arbitrary authority or personnel decision making.
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An act performed by a government employee following explicit instructions in a statute or other legal authority, or directions given from a superior, without exercising any discretion or independent judgment.
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