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,: In Four Books - Page 36by William Blackstone - 1794Full view - About this book
| Samuel Warren - Election law - 1852 - 828 pages
...far as relates to offices, Mr. Cruise, in his Digest, defines an office to be ' 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, are... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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