 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1883 - 680 pages
...ACTING JUDGE-ADVOCATE- AN OFFICER! We are now brought to the question whether * * • [the member] in what occurred in this prosecution of Haddock, became...authorized by law to confer it. Upon this very question Chief-Justice Marshal, in the case of Maurice (2 Brock., 101), says: " It is too clear, I think, for... | |
 | James Barnet Fry - New York (State) - 1893 - 358 pages
...effort of the committee, so far as this single point is concerned, has been to bring to the attention of the House the leading considerations which must...right usually attached to receive a fixed compensation lor such service. Nothing can be plainer than that no office of this government can be created or conferred... | |
 | Law - 1904 - 1004 pages
...and confers upon him authority for the performance. State v. Griswold, 46 Atl. 829, 830, 73 Conn. 95. An office Is a particular duty, charge, or trust conferred by public authority and for a public purpose. Waldo т. Wallace, 12 Ind. 569, 572. As a matter of law, "officers of tbe land department" of the government... | |
 | John H. Schively - 1909 - 872 pages
...above quoted constitute them officers or not? What is an office? Webster defines the word, "To signify a particular duty, charge or trust conferred by public authority and for a public purpose." In the case in 20 John Reports, 392, the judge delivering the opinion of the court defines the legal... | |
 | Ohio. General Assembly. House of Representatives - 1914 - 424 pages
...them officers, or not? "What is an office? Among lexicographers, Webster defines the word to signify " a particular duty, charge or trust conferred by public authority and for a public purpose." In a case in 20 John. Rep. 492, Platt, J., delivering the opinion of the court, defines the legal meaning... | |
 | William Herbert Page - Annotations and citations (Law) - 1914 - 1166 pages
...board, is a "public officer": State, ex rel., v. Coon, 4 OCC (NS) 560, 16 OCD 241. An office signifies a particular duty, charge or trust conferred by public authority and for a public purpose: State, ex rel., v. Kennon, 7 OS 546, II Longsdorf's Notes, 321; State, ex rel., v. Commissioners, 5... | |
 | Law - 1920 - 904 pages
...we speak of the office of an executor, guardian, etc. The legal meaning of the term always implies a charge, or trust, conferred by public authority and for a public purpose. In the matter of Dorsey, 7 Porter (Ala.) 371. The word officium principally implies a duty, and in... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 570 pages
...them officers or not? What is an office? Among lexicographers, Webster defines the word to signify " a particular duty, charge, or trust conferred by public authority and for a public purpose." In a case in 20 Johns. 492, Platt, J., delivering the opinion of the court, defines the legal meaning... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1898 - 1248 pages
...officer." Bradford v. Justices, etc., 33 Ga. 336. The legal meaning of the word "office" always implies a charge or trust conferred by public authority, and for a public purpose. In re Dorsey, 7 Port. 371. "An office is simply an appointment or authority on behalf of the government... | |
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An office is a particular duty, charge, or trust conferred by public authority, and for a public purpose, with a right usually attached to receive a fixed compensation for such service. Nothing can be plainer than that no office of this Government can... 
