Color of office refers to an act usually committed by a public official under the appearance of authority, but which exceeds such authority. An serving as act committed under color of office is sometimes required to prove malfeasance in office.
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Famous quotes containing the words color of, color and/or office:
“Rain falls into the open eyes of the dead
Again again with its pointless sound
When the moon finds them they are the color of everything”
—William Stanley Merwin (b. 1927)
“But whenever the roof came white
The head in the dark below
Was a shade less the color of night,
A shade more the color of snow.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Consul. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)