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" 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 36
by William Blackstone - 1794
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Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Argued and Determined in the ..., Volume 39

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...
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A Handbook of Politics for 1868 [to 1894]

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...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the District Courts of ..., Volume 2

Robert Dewey Benedict, Benjamin Lincoln Benedict - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 624 pages
...City of New York (2 Sandf. 355), Sandford, J., at page 3C8, says, "An office is a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging (2 Black. Com. 36). And a public officer is every one Platt, Receiver, <tc., v. B«ach. who is appointed...
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A Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions of the ..., Volume 2

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....
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Documents Accompanying the Journal, Part 1

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,...
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Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 1

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,...
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Pennsylvania Law Journal Reports: Containing Cases Decided by the ..., Volume 1

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...
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Blackstone Economized: Being a Compendium of the Laws of England to the ...

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...
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The Central Law Journal, Volume 92

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...
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A New Law Dictionary and Institute of the Whole Law: For the Use of Students ...

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...
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