Sinecure

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In ecclesiastical law. A term used to signify that an ecclesiastical officer is without a charge or cure. In common parlance, it means the receipt of a salary for an office when there are no duties to be performed.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A benefice without cure of souls. See Cure of souls.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In Ecclesiastical Law. A term used to signify that an ecclesiastical officer is without a charge or cure. In common parlance, it means the receipt of a salary for an ofiiee when there are no duties to be performed.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In ecolesiastical law. When a rector of a parish neither resides nor performs duty at his benefice, but has a vicar under him endowed and charged with the cure thereof, this ls termed a "sinecure," Brown. An ecelesiastlcal benefice without cure of souls. In popular usage, the term denotes an office which yields a revenue to the incumbent, but makes little or no demand upon hls time or attention.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

Originally, without care. Applies to an office to which no substantial duties are attached.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

In the ecclesiastical law, this term is used to signify that an ecclesiastical officer is without a charge or cure. In common parlance it means the receipt of a salary for an office when there are no duties to be performed.