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Office Found

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

In English Law. When an inquisition is made to the king’s use of anything, by virtue of office of him who inquires, and the inquisition is found, it is said to he office found.

See Phillips v. Moore, 100 U. S. 212, 25 L. Ed. 603; Hauenstein v. Lynham, 100 U. S. 484, 25 L. Ed. 628; Inquest of Office.