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Color officii
Color officiiBy color of office. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Office An office is a right to exercise a public function or employment, and to take the fees and emoluments belonging to it SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Colonel An officer in the army, next below a brigadier general, bears this title. Colony A union of citizens or subjects who have left their country to people another, and remain subject to the mother country. Color of law Pretense or semblance of legal right or authority Color of title That which in appearance is title, but which in reality is no title. Wright v. Mattison, 18 How. 56-59 (1855), cases. The resemblance or appearance of title. Whenever an instrument, by apt words of transfer from grantor to grantee, in form passes what purports to be the title, it gives color of title. Hall v. Law, 102 U.S. 466 (1880), Field, J. Color or office Criminal law. A wrong committed by an officer under the pretended authority of his office. Colorable Existing in aspect merely; not real; as, a colorable abridgment or alteration of a copyrighted production, imitation of a trademark, assignment, claim or defense, change of possession, title, qq. v. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Collusion Fraud. An agreement between two or more persons, to defraud a person of his rights by the forms of law, or to obtain an object forbidden by law. Colonel An officer in the army, next below a brigadier general, bears this title. Colony A union of citizens or subjects who have left their country to people another, and remain subject to the mother country. Color of law Pretense or semblance of legal right or authority Color of title That which in appearance is title, but which in reality is no title. Wright v. Mattison, 18 How. 56-59 (1855), cases. The resemblance or appearance of title. Whenever an instrument, by apt words of transfer from grantor to grantee, in form passes what purports to be the title, it gives color of title. Hall v. Law, 102 U.S. 466 (1880), Field, J. Color officii Color or office Criminal law. A wrong committed by an officer under the pretended authority of his office. Colorable Existing in aspect merely; not real; as, a colorable abridgment or alteration of a copyrighted production, imitation of a trademark, assignment, claim or defense, change of possession, title, qq. v. Colt An animal of the horse species, whether male or female, not more than four years old. Combat English law. The form of a forcible encounter between two or more persons or bodies of men; an engagement or battle. A duel. Combination 1) A union of different things. A patent may be taken out for a new combination of existing machinery, or machines. 2) By combination is understood, in a bad sense, a union of men for the purpose of violating the law. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Color officii. If you have a better definition for Color officii than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Color officii may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Color officii and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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