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
| Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1877 - 760 pages
...of an elector." The State v. Wilson. Some of these definitions are as follows: " A right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging." 2 Bla.36. Again: " Offices consist of a right, and correspondent duty, to execute a public or private... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1920 - 1062 pages
...contract is never considered an office. An 'officer,' as defined by Blackstone, is a right to exercise я 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.... | |
| J. John Lawler, Lawler Lawler, Gail Gates Lawler - Law - 2000 - 236 pages
...Henry m, protection was extended in the form of a writ of annuity. Offices were the right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments pertaining thereto, whether public, as in the case of magistrates, or private, as in the case of bailiffs... | |
| Sir Thomas Littleton - Land tenure - 2014 - 784 pages
...lees soit fait a le baron, et a sáfeme a aver et tener a (tf) Offices, which are a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging, are incorporeal hereditaments : whether public, as those of magistrates ; or private, as of bailiffs, receivers,... | |
| Civil service - 1902 - 554 pages
...within the definition of an office. Blackstone (2 Com. 35) says : "Offices are a right to exercise a public or private employment and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging." (See, also 3 Kents' Com. 455 ; People ex rel v. Loeffler, 175 1ll. 585). "An office is a position which... | |
| Illinois. Appellate Court, Martin L. Newell, Mason Harder Newell, Walter Clyde Jones, Keene Harwood Addington, James Christopher Cahill, Basil Jones, James Max Henderson, Ray Smith - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 726 pages
...remains he is entitled to the salary attached to the office. "Offices, which are a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging," etc. 2 Blackstone's Com., 36. Many cases of the class to which this belongs, in which the proceedings... | |
| Puerto Rico. Office of the Attorney General - 1921 - 504 pages
...judicial, in the highest or lowest departments of the Government. An 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 bailiffs, receivers, and the like. No Senator... | |
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