...both cases, seems to correspond with the Roman. (§0(62) V. Offices, which are a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging(63) are also incorporeal hereditaments; whether public, as those of magistrates; or private,...

...office. Office there meant no more than duty. An office had been defined to be a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging ; whether public, as that of magistrate ; or private, as of bailiff, receiver, or the like. 2 Bl. Com....

...engaged in the service of the municipality. At common law an office was denned to be "a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments therennto belonging, whether public or private." 1 But in America "public offices are created for the...

...Jac. Law Diet. 433); Ptacek v. People, 94 111. App. 571, 577, 57£ An office is a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments, in which one has a property, and to which there are annexed duties, and, with us, in public offices,...

...election arises from the fact and at the time of his election. An olfice is "a right to exercise apublic (or private) employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging." 2 Bl. Cfim. 36; United States v. Hartwell, 6 Wall. 303, 18 L. ed. 832. The salary -<is an incident...

...CIVIL LIABILITY .... 139 Definitions. — An office is defined (Cruise, Dig.) as a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments belonging to it. The position of an officer appears to involve some discretionary authority, and is...

...one man has to go over the land of another. 29. What are offices? A. They are the rights to exercise a public or private employment and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging. At common law they were classed as incorporeal hereditaments but now in this country they are never...

...also the preceding note. — Note to Cooky's Blackstone. 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 bailiffs,...

...discussed at length we may not dwell upon them here. (5) Offices.9 An office was a right to exercise a public or private employment and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging. (6) Dignities.10 Dignities consisted in the right to honors and offices, as those of dukes, marquesses,...

...incorporeal hereditaments, and defines an office to be "a right to ex10 Throop, Public Officers, § 2. ercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging." In a case involving the question of whether or not an "attendant" upon a court of record in the city...