Young v. Minton

While the word “resignation” in its stricter sense more generally refers to a formal renunciation or giving up of an office, it is often applied to a surrender, relinquishment, or giving over of a position. A resignation takes effect usually by direct or express word or act of a more or less formal nature, accompanied generally, in the case of a subordinate office, by some acceptance by a higher authority; but in the case of a position, and under some authorities an office, a resignation may become effective without such acceptance, and even impliedly, as by abandonment of all duties and…