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 36by William Blackstone - 1800Full view - About this book
| Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1870 - 858 pages
...most able to execute them :" 1 Bl. Com., 271-2. Offices, (says Blackstone,) are a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging, and are also incorporeal heriditaments: 2 Bl. Com., 36. By the Code, the Governor is required to keep... | |
| Edward McPherson - United States - 1872
...able to execute them." (1 Bl. Com., 271, 272.) Officers, says Blackstone, 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... | |
| Alexander Mansfield Burrill - Dictionaries, Law - 1870 - 674 pages
...Alabama R.15Q, arg. A station or employment conferred by election of the people. A right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereto belonging. 2 Bl. Com. 36. 1 CrabUs Real Prop. 431, § 530. A species of incorporeal hereditament.... | |
| Michigan. Legislature. Senate - Michigan - 1871 - 1004 pages
...title "Office and Officers.'' Blackstone, in substance, says: "An office is a right to ex• •rcise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereto belonging." — 2 Black. Com., 31. Kent says: "Offices are a species of incorporeal hereditaments,... | |
| William Blackstone - Law - 1872 - 776 pages
...to abandon the same. Jjuttrel's Case, 4 Rep. 86 ; Hale v. 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 hereditaments ; whether public, as those of magistrates ; or private, as of bailiifs,... | |
| John Alexander Clark - Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 596 pages
...intrusted to his care. Now an office (officium) is defined by Blackstone to be a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging. Officers are public or private. Every man is a public officer who hath any duty to perform concerning... | |
| William Blackstone, David Mitchell Aird - Law - 1873 - 386 pages
...an interest and a right, though another is the owner of the soil. 5. OFFICES are a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging. For instance, public, as in the case of magistrates, or private, as of bailiffs, receivers, and the... | |
| Law - 1921 - 510 pages
...views in reference to public offices. "At common law an office was defined to be a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging, whether public or private," but now we have the rule, that "In America public offices are created for... | |
| Archibald Brown - Law - 1874 - 510 pages
...are generally termed misdemeanors. OFFICE (uflcium). An office is defined to bo the right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments belonging thereto ; and it is considered in law a species of incorporeal hereditament. Se* also next... | |
| Stephen Dowell - Taxation - 1876 - 444 pages
...Ley, 44 ; Reg. Orig., 158 ; Co. Lit. 144 b ; Tomlina, Law Diet. As OFFICE is the right to exercise a public or private employment and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging, whether public, as those of magistrates, or private, as of bailiffs, receivers, or the like. Blackstone,... | |
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