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 foreign emolument prohibition covers anything of value from a foreign government.

From Washington Times • Nov. 2, 2018

The next unsettled question: What, exactly, is an emolument?

From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2018

There is no proof that any direct emolument was ever attached to the office, while the expense and trouble entailed by it must often have been very great.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various