Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Bar Association, Volume 4Seeman Printery., 1902 - Bar associations |
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adjournment administration adopted amendment annual meeting appointed Asheville Asso attorney Bar Association Buncombe By-laws BYNUM Carolina Bar Association cause of action Chair Chairman Charlotte Chief Justice client Code Committee on Legislation common law Constitution county of Guilford desire District Durham duty elected equity Executive Committee F. H. BUSBEE favor forced heirship forma pauperis Gentlemen Greensboro HINSDALE honor inter vivos Judge judicial Judiciary July 9 jurisdiction Law Reform lawyer LEATHERWOOD Legislation and Law Legislature Louisiana matter Mecklenburg MERRIMON mittee motion North Carolina North Carolina Bar notice parties person Pittsboro plaintiff present PRESIDENT President's Address profession question R. R. KING Raleigh reason recommendation referred repeal resolution rule Salisbury say aye Secretary and Treasurer session special Committee statute submit suggested Supreme Court THOMAS SETTLE TILLETT tion to-morrow to-night vote Wake WARREN Waynesville Wilmington Winston WOMACK
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Page 130 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Page 186 - But it is steadfastly to be borne in mind that the great trust of the lawyer is to be performed within and not without the bounds of the law. The office of attorney does not permit, much less does it demand of him for any client, violation of law or any manner of fraud or chicane. He must obey his own conscience and not that of his client.
Page 188 - A lawyer openly, and in his true character may render professional services before legislative or other bodies, regarding proposed legislation and in advocacy of claims before departments of government, upon the same principles of ethics which justify his appearance before the Courts...
Page 187 - Newspaper publications by a lawyer as to pending or anticipated litigation may interfere with a fair trial in the courts and otherwise prejudice the due administration of justice. Generally they are to be condemned.
Page 187 - It is disreputable to hunt up defects in titles or other causes of action and inform thereof in order to be employed to bring suit, or to breed litigation by seeking out those with claims for personal injuries or those having any other grounds of action in order to secure them as clients...
Page 186 - Lawyers should expose without fear or favor before the proper tribunals corrupt or dishonest conduct in the profession, and should accept without hesitation employment against a member of the Bar who has wronged his client. The counsel upon the trial of a cause in which perjury has been committed owe it to the profession and to the public to bring the matter to the knowledge of the prosecuting authorities.
Page 165 - And the said association is formed to cultivate the science of jurisprudence, to promote reform in the law, to facilitate the administration of justice, to elevate the standard of integrity, honor and courtesy in the legal profession, and to cherish the spirit of brotherhood among the members thereof.
Page 116 - These are the chief legal effects of marriage during the coverture; upon which we may observe, that even the disabilities which the wife lies under are for the most part intended for her protection and benefit: so great a favourite is the female sex of the laws of England.
Page 130 - Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands all the civil, judicial, and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government in said islands shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct ; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned.
Page 145 - This partnership or community consists of the profits of all the effects of which the husband has the administration and enjoyment, either of right or in fact, of the produce of the reciprocal industry and labor of both husband and wife, and of the estates which they may acquire during the marriage, either by donations made jointly to them both, or by purchase, or in any other similar way, even although the purchase be only in the name of one of the two and not of both, because In that case the period...