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PERQUISITE (See also:Lat. perquisitum, that which has been acquired by careful See also:search; perquirere, to search diligently) , a See also:term properly used of the profits which accrue to the holder of an See also:office over and above the See also:regular emoluments; also, in See also:law, the casual profits, such as accrue by heriots, fines, reliefs, &c., to a See also:lord of a See also:manor above the yearly See also:revenue from the copyholds. The word is used generally of the casual profits allowed by See also:custom to servants or other employes from superfluous articles which the employer has enjoyed the use of or which are supposed not to be needed.

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