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
“My view is it covers any profit, gain or advantage,” AliKhan said of an emolument, but she stopped short of saying a Treasury bill or other passive investment would qualify.
From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 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
They fall on to the floor, and are sprinkled with salt water, and are again smelted with ore and litharge, and become an emolument to the proprietors.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
