colore officiiadv.

Brit.

/kəˌlɔːrɪ əˈfɪʃiː/, U.S.

/kəˌlɔri əˈfɪʃi/

Forms: 1500s colore officij, 1600s– colore officii.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin colore officii.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin colore officii (1579 or earlier: see quot. 1579; compare sub colore officii , in same sense (1305 or earlier in British sources, 1548 or earlier in continental sources)) < classical Latin colōre , ablative of color colour n.¹ + officiī , genitive of officium office n., after Anglo-Norman and Law French par colur de son office under pretext of one's office (1275 or earlier). Compare earlier colour of office at colour n.¹ 7a, and also virtute officii adv.Compare the following earlier occurrence of the Latin term in a Law French context:1579 Rastell's Expos. Termes Lawes (new ed.) f. 43 Colore officij, est toutes dits prise, in malem partem, et signifie vn act malement fait per le countenance de vn office.

Law.

By apparent, claimed, or pretended authority of the particular office or position held; = colour of office at colour n.¹ 7a. Cf. virtute officii adv.Frequently with negative connotations, suggesting that the authority is used as a pretext for illegal or corrupt behaviour, esp. for an act of extortion.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > by virtue of office [phrase]

colore officii?1592

virtute officii?1592

?1592 J. Manwood Brefe Coll. Lawes Forest 216 A Scottall is extortion because the same is taken Colore officij, & not virtute officij. But whatsoeuer is taken virtute officij, is not extortion: Note the difference.

1656 tr. J. Popham Rep. & Cases 149 Sir John Bingley, Colore officii, had defrauded them of almost all of it, for the want wherof some of them died miserably, and the rest became Pirates again.

1696 Compleat Sheriff vii. 104 No Sheriff shall take Obligation contrary to the Statute Colore Officii.

1764 ‘Candor’ Let. to Public Advertiser (ed. 2) 17 An able Attorney General might contrive so to do impunedly, colore officii.

1814 T. Starkie Treat. Criminal Pleading I. vii. 90 It has been holden to be sufficient to charge a bailiff, with having extorted a particular sum of money, colore officii.

1894 Pottery Gaz. June 515/1 Where a demand was made by an official, colore officii, no payment could be said to be a voluntary payment in law.

1941 Mod. Law Rev. 5 30 The usual meaning of extortion at common law..is an unwarranted extortion by an official who takes more than his due colore officii.

1992 Michigan Law Rev. 91 351 To [Sir Edward] Coke, nonfeasance was a paradigmatic example of a wrong committed colore officii.

2004 Internat. & Compar. Law Q. 53 285 There are a few citations on other issues, including money extracted colore officii.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	colore officii
释义	colore officiiadv. Brit. /kəˌlɔːrɪ əˈfɪʃiː/, U.S. /kəˌlɔri əˈfɪʃi/ Forms: 1500s colore officij, 1600s– colore officii. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin colore officii. Etymology: < post-classical Latin colore officii (1579 or earlier: see quot. 1579; compare sub colore officii , in same sense (1305 or earlier in British sources, 1548 or earlier in continental sources)) < classical Latin colōre , ablative of color colour n.¹ + officiī , genitive of officium office n., after Anglo-Norman and Law French par colur de son office under pretext of one's office (1275 or earlier). Compare earlier colour of office at colour n.¹ 7a, and also virtute officii adv.Compare the following earlier occurrence of the Latin term in a Law French context:1579 Rastell's Expos. Termes Lawes (new ed.) f. 43 Colore officij, est toutes dits prise, in malem partem, et signifie vn act malement fait per le countenance de vn office. Law. By apparent, claimed, or pretended authority of the particular office or position held; = colour of office at colour n.¹ 7a. Cf. virtute officii adv.Frequently with negative connotations, suggesting that the authority is used as a pretext for illegal or corrupt behaviour, esp. for an act of extortion. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > by virtue of office [phrase] colore officii?1592 virtute officii?1592 ?1592 J. Manwood Brefe Coll. Lawes Forest 216 A Scottall is extortion because the same is taken Colore officij, & not virtute officij. But whatsoeuer is taken virtute officij, is not extortion: Note the difference. 1656 tr. J. Popham Rep. & Cases 149 Sir John Bingley, Colore officii, had defrauded them of almost all of it, for the want wherof some of them died miserably, and the rest became Pirates again. 1696 Compleat Sheriff vii. 104 No Sheriff shall take Obligation contrary to the Statute Colore Officii. 1764 ‘Candor’ Let. to Public Advertiser (ed. 2) 17 An able Attorney General might contrive so to do impunedly, colore officii. 1814 T. Starkie Treat. Criminal Pleading I. vii. 90 It has been holden to be sufficient to charge a bailiff, with having extorted a particular sum of money, colore officii. 1894 Pottery Gaz. June 515/1 Where a demand was made by an official, colore officii, no payment could be said to be a voluntary payment in law. 1941 Mod. Law Rev. 5 30 The usual meaning of extortion at common law..is an unwarranted extortion by an official who takes more than his due colore officii. 1992 Michigan Law Rev. 91 351 To [Sir Edward] Coke, nonfeasance was a paradigmatic example of a wrong committed colore officii. 2004 Internat. & Compar. Law Q. 53 285 There are a few citations on other issues, including money extracted colore officii. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.?1592
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