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" Offices, which are a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging, are also incorporeal hereditaments, whether public, as those of magistrates, or private, as of bailiffs, receivers, and the... "
Commentaries on the Laws of England - Page 36
by William Blackstone - 1800
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Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Common Pleas and in ..., Volume 3

John Scott, Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas - Law reports, digests, etc - 1859 - 518 pages
...belonging to it." In Cruise's Digest, Vol. III., p. 92, it is said, "an office is a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments belonging to it." A similar definition is given in 2 Bl. Comm. 36. The word office is manifestly comprehensive...
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Books 1 & 2

William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1860 - 874 pages
...in both cases, seems to correspond with the Roman. (</)" V. Offices, which are a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging, are also incorporeal (•) Ibid. 03, («) Lord Rajm. 725. 1 Brownl. 212. 2 Show. 2S. 1 Jon. (») Co. Utt....
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Registration Cases: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of ...

Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, David Deady Keane, James Grant - Election law - 1863 - 584 pages
...of an office is amply sufficient to comprise this situation (b) ; he styles it " a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging." In Heywooifs Election Cases, p. 65, it is observed, " that by the 18 Geo. 2, c. 18, s. 3, no person...
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Registration Cases: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of ...

Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, David Deady Keane, James Grant - Election law - 1863 - 596 pages
...of another, as of the king or of another common person." Cruise (a) says it is " a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments belonging to it." Jilackstone (b) gives exactly the same description. These explanations show how large...
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A Manual for English Bar-students

Thomas Spence - Admission to the bar - 1864 - 456 pages
...used according to the grant, or the occasion from which it arises. An office is a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments belonging to it; and all offices relating to land or exerciseable within a particular district or relating...
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Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Common Pleas and in ..., Volume 11

John Scott, Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas - Law reports, digests, etc - 1865 - 566 pages
...same volume, gives a definition of an " office." He says : " Offices, which are a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging, are also incorporeal Hereditaments, whe- r*iio ther public, as those of magistrates, or private, as of...
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The Student's Blackstone: Commentaries on the Laws of England, in Four Books

William Blackstone - Law - 1865 - 642 pages
...and I may cross his land for that purpose without trespass. 5. Offices, which are a right to exercise a public or private employment and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging, are also incorporeal hereditaments; whether public, as those of magistrates; or private, as of bailiffs,...
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A Political Manual for 1869: Including a Classified Summary of the Important ...

Edward McPherson - Reconstruction - 1869 - 144 pages
...able to execute them." (1 Bl. Com., 271, 272.) Officers, says Blackstoue, have a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging, and are also incorporeal hereditaments. (2 Bl. Com., 36.) All citizens of the State, whether white...
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Can a Negro Hold Office in Georgia?

Georgia. Supreme Court, Eugene Davis - African Americans - 1869 - 206 pages
...are most able to execute them." 1st Bl. Com. 271,2. Offices, says Blackstone, are a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereto belonging, and are also incorporeal hereditaments. 2d. Bl. Com. 36. All citizens of the State,...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the District Courts of ..., Volume 2

Robert Dewey Benedict, Benjamin Lincoln Benedict - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 624 pages
...City of New York (2 Sandf. 355), Sandford, J., at page 3C8, says, "An office is a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging (2 Black. Com. 36). And a public officer is every one Platt, Receiver, <tc., v. B«ach. who is appointed...
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