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

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

From Washington Times • Nov. 2, 2018

They painted together for the most part in fresco, and without the least dispute consented to share all the emolument, all the praise and blame they might receive.

From The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Lanzi, Luigi Antonio