...England, 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 hereditaments, whether public, as those of magistrates, or private, as of bailiffs,...

...the inhabitants. They, too, pertain only to the Church of England." Offices are the right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging." A franchise is a branch of the king1s (or of the state1s) prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a...

...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....

...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,...

...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...

...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,...