Report of the First[-thirty-first] Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association, Volume 6Virginia State Bar Association, 1893 - Bar associations |
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... jury and by the Court . " What more simple , what more appropriate than this can be wished for ? As to the abolition of the general issue , a distinguished lawyer long ago ( 1834 ) , in his comments on the Report of the Commis- sioners ...
... jury and by the Court . " What more simple , what more appropriate than this can be wished for ? As to the abolition of the general issue , a distinguished lawyer long ago ( 1834 ) , in his comments on the Report of the Commis- sioners ...
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... jury . Our present Constitution , made with reference to the system as it is , and has long prevailed , declares " that in controversies re- specting property , and in suits between man and man , the trial by jury is preferable to any ...
... jury . Our present Constitution , made with reference to the system as it is , and has long prevailed , declares " that in controversies re- specting property , and in suits between man and man , the trial by jury is preferable to any ...
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... jury as to the facts - as to the weight and sufficiency or credibility of the testimony - and would , if upon the jury , have found a different verdict , does not justify him in setting aside its verdict . He may , in exceptional cases ...
... jury as to the facts - as to the weight and sufficiency or credibility of the testimony - and would , if upon the jury , have found a different verdict , does not justify him in setting aside its verdict . He may , in exceptional cases ...
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... jury trial is retained , although there is a power in the judge to sum up . But I agree with him because I am very jealous of the trial by jury . Yet , if the parties desire that the judge should sum up the law as applicable to the evi ...
... jury trial is retained , although there is a power in the judge to sum up . But I agree with him because I am very jealous of the trial by jury . Yet , if the parties desire that the judge should sum up the law as applicable to the evi ...
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... jury case than eat a dinner . He makes us lose our dinners because he enjoys trying jury cases so much . Now , if we get nothing cheaper , and nothing more expeditious , what are we going into this thing for ? I do not believe there is ...
... jury case than eat a dinner . He makes us lose our dinners because he enjoys trying jury cases so much . Now , if we get nothing cheaper , and nothing more expeditious , what are we going into this thing for ? I do not believe there is ...
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