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
| Gordon Campbell - Real property - 1879 - 152 pages
...another man's ground. It may arise by grant or prescription. 5. Offices. Offices are a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging. The sale of public offices was declared illegal by Statute 5 & 6 Ed. VI. cap. 16. 6. Dignities. Titles... | |
| Jere Baxter - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 690 pages
...transient, occasional, or incidental." Blackstone, 2 vol., p. 36, defines it, "a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereto belonging. Under each and all of these definitions the Public Printer is an officer of the... | |
| California, California. Constitutional Convention - California - 1880 - 648 pages
...contract, is never considered an office. An office, as defined by Blackstone, is a 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, aa bailiffs, receivers, and the like. (2 Blacks.... | |
| California. Constitutional Convention - California - 1880 - 648 pages
...contract, is never considered an office. An office, as defined by Blackstone, is a 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 bailiffs, receivers, and the like. (2 Blacks.... | |
| Hubert Howe Bancroft - British Columbia - 1889 - 870 pages
...without due process of law,' he cites Blackstone's Comm., 36, ' Offices wnich are a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereto belonging, are also incorporeal hereditaments,' etc. So the chief justice in 2 Ala., NS, p.... | |
| John Proffatt, Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 858 pages
...very much resembles one, and is frequently PO called in the books. An office is a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging. An administrator is appointed by a public officer, under his seal of office, to exercise a trust and... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1920 - 928 pages
...contract is never considered an office. An 'officer,' as defined by Blackstone, is a 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 bailiffs, receivers, and the like. 2 Blacks.... | |
| Hubert Howe Bancroft - British Columbia - 1889 - 872 pages
...without due process of law," he cites Blackstone's Comm., 36, ' Offices which are a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereto belonging, are also incorporeal hereditaments,' etc. So the chief justice in 2 Ala., NS, p.... | |
| Floyd Russell Mechem - Administrative law - 1890 - 904 pages
...The individual so invested is a public officer.* i An office, saysBiACKSTONE, is "a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging." 3 Com. 36. "An office is a special trust or charge created by competent authority. If not merely honorary,... | |
| Hubert Howe Bancroft - Utah - 1890 - 876 pages
...without due process of law,' ne cites Blackstone's Comm., 36, ' Offices which are a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereto belonging, are also incorporeal hereditaments,' etc. So the chief justice in 2 Ala., N. 8.,... | |
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