Virtue — Law Dictionary

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Effect; tenor.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The phrase "hy virtue" differs in meaning from "under color." For instance, the proper fees are received by virtue of the offico; extortion is under color of the office. Any rightful act in office is by virtue of the office. A wrongful act in office may be under color of the office. Phil. Law, 380.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

1. Any rightful act done in office is " by virtue" of that office; a wrongful act may be " under color " of the offioe.s ^ee Office. 2. Moral quality; chastity; purity. See Chabacter; Chaste. 1 2 Bl. Com. 92-9.5. 2 L. violare, to use force to: vis,, force. s State D. Wells, 31 Conn. 212 (l862), Butler, J. * People V. Mc Ginty, 24 Hun, 61 (1881), cases. » Constitution, Art. IV, sec. 4. « Luther v. Borden, 17 How. 43-44 (1849), Taney, 0.:J.; E. Sr§ 687. ' State V. Williams, 32 La. An. 336 1880); State v. Blake, 39 Me. 322, 324 (1855); Commonwealth u Fogerty, 8 Gray, 490 (1857).

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

The phrase "by virtue" differs in meaning from " under color." For instance, the proper fees are received by virtue of the office; extortion is under color of the office. Any rightful act in office is by virtue of the office. A wrongful act in office may be under color of the office. Broughton v. Haywood, PhiU. L. 380.