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Perquisites

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

In its most extensive sense, "perquisites" signifies anything obtained by industry or purchased with money, different from that which descends from a father or ancestor.

Bract 1. 2, c. 30, n. 3.

Profits accruing to a lord of a manor by virtue of his court-baron, over and above the yearly profits of his land; also other things that come casually and not yearly. Mozley & Whitley. In modern use. Emoluments or incidental profits attaching to an office or official position, beyond the salary or regular fees.

Delaplane v. Crenshaw, 15 Grat (Va.) 468; Vansant v. State, 96 Md. 110, 53 All. 711; Wren v. Luzerne County, 6 Knlp (Pat) 37.