emolument
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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
“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
Suspend, sus-pend′, v.t. to hang one thing beneath another: to make to depend on: to make to stop for a time: to delay: to debar from any privilege, office, emolument, &c. for a time.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.