See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

OFFICE (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. officium, " See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty," " service," a shortened See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem of opes, " See also:

• WEALTH

wealth," " aid," or See also:

• OPUS ('O7rois)

opus, " See also:

• WORK

work ")  , a See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty or service, particularly the See also:

• SPECIAL

special duty See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast upon a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person by his position; also a ceremonial duty, as in the See also:

• RITES

rites paid to the dead, the " last offices." The See also:

• TERM

term is thus especially used of a religious service, the " daily See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office " of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church or the " divine office " of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Church (see See also:

• BREVIARY (Lat. breviarium, abridgment, epitome)

BREVIARY) . It is also used in this sense of a service for a particular occasion, as the Office for the Visitation of the Sick, &c . From the sense of duty or See also:

• FUNCTION

function, the word is transferred to the position or See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place which See also:

• LAYS

lays on the holder or occupier the performance of such duties . This leads naturally to the use of the word for the buildings or the See also:

• SEPARATE

separate rooms in which the duties are performed, and for the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff carrying on the See also:

• WORK

work or business in such offices . In the Roman See also:

• CURIA

curia the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the See also:

• INQUISITION, THE (Lat. inquisitio, an inquiry)

Inquisition is known as the See also:

• HOLY

Holy Office, in full, the See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

Congregation of the Holy Office of the Inquisition (see INQUISITION and CURIA See also:

• ROMANA

ROMANA) . Offices of Profit.—The phrase " office of profit under the See also:

• CROWN

crown " is used with a particular application in See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary practice . The holders of such offices of profit have been subject in regard to the occupation of seats in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons to certain disabilities which were in their origin due to the fear of the undue See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence exercised by the crown during the constitutional struggles of the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Attempts to See also:

• DEAL

deal with the danger of the presence of " place-men " in the House of Commons were made by the Place Bills introduced in 1672-1673, 1694 and 1943 . The See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

Settlement 1700 (§ 3) laid it down that no person who has an office or place of profit under the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king or receives a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension from the crown shall be capable of serving as a member of the House of Commons . This drastic clause, which would have had the disastrous effect of entirely separating the executive from the legislature, was repealed and the basis of the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law was laid down in 1706 by 6 See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne (c . 41) . This first disqualifies (§ 24) from membership all holders of " new offices,"' i.e. those created after See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1705; secondly (§ 25) it renders void the See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election of a member who shall accept any office of profit other than " new offices " but allows the member to stand for re-election .

The disqualification attaching to many " new offices " has been removed by various statutes, and by § 52 of the Reform Act 1867 the See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity of re-election is avoided when a member, having been elected subsequent to the See also:

• ACCEPTANCE (Lat. acceptare, frequentative form of accipere, to receive)

acceptance of any office named in a See also:

• SCHEDULE

schedule of that act, is transferred to any other office in that schedule . The rules as to what offices disqualify from membership or render re-election necessary are exceedingly complicated, depending as they do on a large number of statutes (see See also:

• ERSKINE, EBENEZER (1680-1754)
• ERSKINE, HENRY (1746-1817)
• ERSKINE, JOHN
• ERSKINE, JOHN (1721-1803)
• ERSKINE, RALPH (1685-1752)
• ERSKINE, THOMAS
• ERSKINE, THOMAS ERSKINE, 1ST BARON (1750-1823)

Erskine May, Parliamentary Practice, llth ed., pp . 632-645, and See also:

• ROGERS, HENRY DARWIN (18o8—1866)
• ROGERS, JAMES EDWIN THOROLD (1823-1890)
• ROGERS, JOHN (1627–c. 1665)
• ROGERS, JOHN (1829-1904)
• ROGERS, JOHN (c. 1500-1555)
• ROGERS, ROBERT (1727-1784?)
• ROGERS, S
• ROGERS, SAMUEL (1763-1855)
• ROGERS, WILLIAM (1819-1896)

Rogers, On Elections, vol. ii., 19(36) . The old established See also:

• RULE

rule that a member, once duly elected, cannot resign his seat is evaded by the acceptance of certain See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor offices (see CHILTERN HUNDREDS) .