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Italian

d'ufficio

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Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 60,646

Meaning

ex officio; officially

  • by virtue of official duty; automatically or court-appointed

In a sentence

Il giudice gli ha assegnato un avvocato d'ufficio.

The judge assigned him a court-appointed lawyer.

La procedura è stata aperta d'ufficio dal tribunale.

The proceeding was initiated ex officio by the court.

L'iscrizione è avvenuta d'ufficio senza alcuna richiesta formale.

The registration occurred automatically without any formal request.

Usage notes

  • Formal: used in legal, bureaucratic, or administrative contexts.
  • Very common in the collocation 'avvocato d'ufficio' (public defender).

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