Report of the First[-thirty-first] Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association, Volume 5Virginia State Bar Association, 1892 - Bar associations |
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... feel the need of reform . Few of them have gone so far as to formulate their ideas upon the subject , but many of them have discovered that it is impossible to explain , even to an intelligent client , that REMARKS OF S. S. P. PATTESON .
... feel the need of reform . Few of them have gone so far as to formulate their ideas upon the subject , but many of them have discovered that it is impossible to explain , even to an intelligent client , that REMARKS OF S. S. P. PATTESON .
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... client , that his right is in equity , and not at law . We know that the uninitiated fondly believe that equity is ideal justice , but those of us who have pored over the pages of Spence and Story and Pomeroy , have long since learned ...
... client , that his right is in equity , and not at law . We know that the uninitiated fondly believe that equity is ideal justice , but those of us who have pored over the pages of Spence and Story and Pomeroy , have long since learned ...
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... client and counsel suffer from delays of this character . Great dissatisfaction has arisen both in the legal profession and amongst the general public , especially the mercantile classes , with the working of our present systems of ...
... client and counsel suffer from delays of this character . Great dissatisfaction has arisen both in the legal profession and amongst the general public , especially the mercantile classes , with the working of our present systems of ...
Page 198
... client pleads infancy or limitation , must the lawyer more than the court " go back and unearth his motive ? " Must he probe the intellect of youth , and pronounce it either weak or the mature brain of an adult ? Must he inquire whether ...
... client pleads infancy or limitation , must the lawyer more than the court " go back and unearth his motive ? " Must he probe the intellect of youth , and pronounce it either weak or the mature brain of an adult ? Must he inquire whether ...
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... client , is true , and must ever remain so ; and at last , who is right : the lawyer who presents the case , or the judge and jury who determine it ? All may not be right , yet all are honest . The standard of right is at last but the ...
... client , is true , and must ever remain so ; and at last , who is right : the lawyer who presents the case , or the judge and jury who determine it ? All may not be right , yet all are honest . The standard of right is at last but the ...
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