 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
 | Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley - Law - 1875 - 966 pages
...usually included amongst incorporeal hereditaments are certain offices. An office is a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments belonging to it. They are either public or private ; the former are those which (A) R. v. Butter, 2... | |
 | Stephen Dowell - Taxation - 1876 - 444 pages
...Ley, 44 ; Reg. Orig., 158 ; Co. Lit. 144 b ; Tomlina, Law Diet. As 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 of bailiffs, receivers, or the like. Blackstone,... | |
 | 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 - 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 - 932 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.... | |
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