One must pay civil officials to keep them honest.

At the end of the 18th century, there were around 2,000 civil officials ballooning to 35,000 in 1908.

Marriages abroad are almost always performed by local (foreign) civil or religious officials.

That experience has given him more contact with local and state civil officials than many military commanders.

The vast majority of military and civil officials are members of the Party.

Too many high officials, both civil and military, in the countries that produce the drugs are in the game themselves.

Ross fired all the local civil officials and called together representatives from both factions.

We discovered long ago that military titles for our civil officials only caused dangerous confusion.

The political power gradually shifted to the civil officials over time.

With permanent settlement however, this system was eventually replaced by civil officials and in 1832 representative government.