emolument
Example Sentences
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Article II, Section 1 and Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution prohibit the president in particular and public officials in general from receiving any emolument from domestic or foreign sources while in office.
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2024
District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan rejected the DOJ’s narrow interpretation of what constitutes an emolument as “unpersuasive and inconsistent.”
From Slate • Apr. 30, 2019
The third judge on the panel, A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr., focused on what constitutes an illegal emolument.
From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2019
The domestic emolument prohibition prevents the president from getting anything of value from the government other than his official compensation.
From Washington Times • Nov. 2, 2018
The nobles of Westphalia, in like manner, found their advantage in belonging to the society, and the office of tribunal-lord was, as we have seen, one of influence and emolument.
From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Keightley, Thomas
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
