 | 1928 - 960 pages
...right, authority, and duty, created and enforced by law, by which for a given period, either fixed by law or enduring at the pleasure of the creating power,...portion of the sovereign functions of the government, either legislative, executive, or judicial, to be exercised by him for the benefit of the public. [4]... | |
 | 1928 - 1182 pages
...public officer. It was said (loc. clt. 701) : "The right, authority, and duty are created by statute. He is invested with some portion of the sovereign functions of the government to be exercised for the benefit of the public, and a consequently a public officer within the definition... | |
 | Philippines - 2004 - 446 pages
...right authority and duty, created and conferred by law, by which for a given period, either fixed by law, or enduring at the pleasure of the creating power,...with some portion of the sovereign functions of the state to be exercised by him for the benefit of the body politic. The individual so invested is a public... | |
 | Alabama. Court of Appeals, Lawrence H. Lee - 1916 - 784 pages
...right, authority, and duty, created and conferred by law, by which for a given period, either fixed by law or enduring at the pleasure of the creating power,...portion of the sovereign functions of the government, to be exercised by him for the benefit of the public, and the individual so invested is a public officer."... | |
 | Missouri. Courts of Appeals - 1905 - 828 pages
...authority and duty duly created and conferred by law, by which for a given period, either fixed by law, or enduring at the pleasure of the creating power,...an individual is invested with some portion of the functions of government, to be exercised by him for the benefit of the public. As here used, the word... | |
 | 1916 - 928 pages
...503. • "A 'public office' is a right, authority, and duty created and conferred by law, by which an individual is invested with some portion of the sovereign functions of the government to be exercised by him for the benefit of the public. It implies a delegation of a portion of the sovereign... | |
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The right, authority and duty, created and conferred by law, by which for a given period, either fixed by law or enduring at the pleasure of the creating power, an individual is invested with some portion of the sovereign functions of the government,... 
