Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Productive of emolument or profit; financially advantageous.

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  • The use of clever Saxbe fix, while a feel-good option in the past and the likely course of action today, doesn't undo events, restore the legality to an appointment in the face of the emolumentary adjustments, or address the core issue; i.e., how do we hew to our Constitutional protections against government corruption?

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