Ministerial act

In United States law, a ministerial act is a government action "performed according to legal authority, established procedures or instructions from a superior, without exercising any individual judgment."[1] It can be any act a functionary or bureaucrat performs in a prescribed manner, without exercising any individual judgment or discretion.[2] Under law, this would be classified under the rubric of public policy.

  1. ^ Hill, Gerald N. (2002). The people's law dictionary: taking the mystery out of legal language. New York, NY: MJF Books. ISBN 9781567315530. (quotation redacted and ellipses removed)
  2. ^ Id.; Ballentine's Law Dictionary, p. 341.

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