text: employees of public services. The notion of fflnctionriaire public itself is a wide one, including not only what are called in England civil servants but also local government officials, police officers and teachers, and according to some writers magistrats and militaires as well. The meaning of fonction publique must be seen in this light. Certain fonctionnaires publics, e.g. mayors, are also officiers publics, a term which according to Guillien means a person (maire, notaire, greffier. huissier) authorized to issue authentic acts, and according to the Guide pratique something slightly different, i.e. the equivalent of an officier ministériel: notaires, certain greffiers, huissiers, avoués, avocats aux conseils, commissaires-priseurs. agents de^change. The translations recommended in this glossary are accordingly as follows: agent public: public servant, a term as broad in the usage of English-speaking countries as agent public in France; fonctionnaire public: public official, a term little used in England but preferable to civil servant which, as we have seen, has a narrower meaning; in the United States public official has the meaning given in many other English-speaking countries to public officer: in Canada fonctionnaire public is translated as public .officer; officier ministériel: ministerial officer, meaning one not having legislative, executive or judicial authority; officier public: public officer, meaning in most English-speaking countries a person who is the holder of a public office. (In England the term also has the specific meaning of officer of a body corporate: Companies Act 1985, s. 744.) Refe^rences Black public official Canada, Interpretation Act 1967-68 Capitant agent, fonctionnaire Dalloz fonctionnaire public Dubouis 173-176 Georges 354-357 Jowitt public officer Laubadère II, sects. 1-34 OCL civil service - 1179 - Note 18 "DEPOSITION", "AFFIDAVIT" AND RELATED TERMS Deposition should not be used except to describe a statement, whether in writing or not, which has been made under oath, and affidavit should not be 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the concept of public officials and their roles in various countries, including France, England, and the United States. It also mentions specific professions such as civil servants, police officers, teachers, and magistrates. The text does not seem to be related to any specific economic or industrial sector, but rather focuses on the definition and classification of public officials.