The sheriff's office's constitutional authority is to operate the county jail and provide a civil function.

They were formally responsible for both military and civil administrative functions for their command areas.

Without money to pay salaries, the Government has assigned soldiers to most civil functions, from traffic control to customs inspections.

For him as for most citizens, these celebrations had a civil function only.

The religious heads of each community administered all personal status law and performed certain civil functions as well.

It is also a favorite piece of German marching bands, always played in civil functions and parades.

Not everyone agrees with the writer's belief in God, and marriage is already a civil function.

These parishes served both religious and civil functions in the colony.

The war captain position eventually would change to a civil and religious function.

For many years, the civil and ecclesiastical functions of the parish overlapped.