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Meaning of Color Of Office
An act unjustly done by the countenance of an office , being grounded upon corruption, to which the office is as a shadow and color.
Color Of Office Alternative Definition
(Lat. colore offloii). A pretense of official right to do an act made by one who has no such right. 9 East, 364. It implies an illegal claim of authority to do an act by virtue of one’s office (23 Wend. [N. Y.] 606; 1 N. Y. 365; 16 N. Y. 439, 442), and is distinguished from by “virtue of office,” implying lawful power (4 N. Y. 173).
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