Color or office
COLOR OR OFFICE, criminal law. A wrong committed by an officer under the
pretended authority of his office; in some cases the act amounts to a
misdemeanor, and the party may then be indicted. In other cases, the remedy
to redress the wrong is by an action.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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