Report of the First[-thirty-first] Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association, Volume 16Virginia State Bar Association, 1903 - Bar associations |
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... laws and the lawyers . ( Applause . ) Judge Samuel C. Graham , of Tazewell ... by this Asso- ciation to the American Bar Association , at a cost not ... by three members appointed by the Chair , to consider upon it and report at the ...
... laws and the lawyers . ( Applause . ) Judge Samuel C. Graham , of Tazewell ... by this Asso- ciation to the American Bar Association , at a cost not ... by three members appointed by the Chair , to consider upon it and report at the ...
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... by any means altogether an academic one . It is before the people and the people have begun to learn about it and to ... laws , and this is the occasion upon which so important a change as is proposed by this law may be appro- priately ...
... by any means altogether an academic one . It is before the people and the people have begun to learn about it and to ... laws , and this is the occasion upon which so important a change as is proposed by this law may be appro- priately ...
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... by asking some questions . Judge Jones , of Boston , became tired of my ... laws of conveyancing in all the States , for we have students from nearly ... by the Con- stitution to be land of a certain area and value " owned and occupied by ...
... by asking some questions . Judge Jones , of Boston , became tired of my ... laws of conveyancing in all the States , for we have students from nearly ... by the Con- stitution to be land of a certain area and value " owned and occupied by ...
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... by a corporation ; the secretary of that corporation was the secre- tary of another corporation to which the first ... laws of each State that it should be left to the lawyers of each State to work out the form of an act best adapted to their ...
... by a corporation ; the secretary of that corporation was the secre- tary of another corporation to which the first ... laws of each State that it should be left to the lawyers of each State to work out the form of an act best adapted to their ...
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... laws of Eng- land . It must be made to appear to them that we are getting something better than we have in the way ... by it . What are the defects in the modern law , which has been adopted after the expenditure of vast sums of money ? The ...
... laws of Eng- land . It must be made to appear to them that we are getting something better than we have in the way ... by it . What are the defects in the modern law , which has been adopted after the expenditure of vast sums of money ? The ...
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Page 390 - ... the lawyer must be allowed to judge. In such matters no client has a right to demand that his counsel shall be illiberal, or that he do anything therein repugnant to his own sense of honor and propriety.
Page 205 - Evolution is an integration of matter and concomitant dissipation of motion ; during which the matter passes from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity ; and during •which the retained motion undergoes a parallel transformation.
Page 251 - I barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in — as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks.
Page 388 - 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 389 - 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 318 - Two tellers shall be previously appointed on the part of the Senate and two on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate, all the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes...
Page 140 - Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present at any meeting of the Association...
Page 191 - State courts have concurrent jurisdiction in all cases arising under the constitution, laws and treaties of the United States...
Page 386 - 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 280 - tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door ; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve : ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man.