is properly applied to the profits arising daily from an office or employ. The word is formed of the Latin emolumentum, which according to some, primarily signifies the profits redounding to the miller from his mills; of molo, molere, "to grind."—The patent, or other instrument, whereby a person is preferred to an office, gives him a right to enjoy all the dues, honours, profits, and emoluments belonging thereto.—Emolument is also used, in a somewhat greater latitude, for profit or advantage in the general.