Perquisites
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In its most extensive sense, perquisites signifies anything gotten by industry or purchased with money, different from that which descends from a father or ancestor. Bracton, lib.
2, c. 30, note 3; Id. lib. 4, c. 22.
In a more limited sense, it means something gained by a place or office beyond the regular salary or fee.
201 Mich. 468.