office
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 269 U.S. 514 - Metcalf & Eddy v. Mitchell · 1926Most cited · 913 citing opinions
An office is a public station conferred by the appointment of government. The term embraces the idea of tenure, duration, emolument and duties fixed by law. Where an office is created, the law usually fixes its incidents, including its terms, its duties and its compensation.
How often courts cite the cases defining “office”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “office” — 1,438 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1867–1926
- ORIGINAL
An office is a public station, or employment, conferred by the appointment of government. The term embraces the ideas of tenure, duration, emolument, and duties.