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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... ( South- side ) ; and James R. Caton , of Alexandria ( Piedmont ) . For Members of the Executive Committee - J . Leighton Hubard , of Norfolk , and John G. Williams , of Orange , to serve each the full term of three years , and O. D. ...
... ( South- side ) ; and James R. Caton , of Alexandria ( Piedmont ) . For Members of the Executive Committee - J . Leighton Hubard , of Norfolk , and John G. Williams , of Orange , to serve each the full term of three years , and O. D. ...
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... South , that has risen to distinction , and that is our honored brother whose name we always like to see quoted by the Supreme Court of the United States and other courts in connection with his work on Negotiable Instruments . Now ...
... South , that has risen to distinction , and that is our honored brother whose name we always like to see quoted by the Supreme Court of the United States and other courts in connection with his work on Negotiable Instruments . Now ...
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... South Carolina Bar Association Reports for 1892 and 1902 ; Texas Bar Association Reports for 1902 ; University of the State of New York for 1902 ; Washington State Bar Association Reports for 1902 , and Wisconsin State Bar Association ...
... South Carolina Bar Association Reports for 1892 and 1902 ; Texas Bar Association Reports for 1902 ; University of the State of New York for 1902 ; Washington State Bar Association Reports for 1902 , and Wisconsin State Bar Association ...
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... South- side , Tidewater , Piedmont , and the Valley - and a secretary and treasurer , whose duties shall be such as may be prescribed in * Amended August 5 , 1897 - Vol . X , p . 71 . the By - Laws . They shall be elected at 136 ...
... South- side , Tidewater , Piedmont , and the Valley - and a secretary and treasurer , whose duties shall be such as may be prescribed in * Amended August 5 , 1897 - Vol . X , p . 71 . the By - Laws . They shall be elected at 136 ...
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... south of us . There are no States in the whole Union , whose people have been more closely connected by ties of blood , of intermarriage and close identity of interest and political views than North Carolina and Virginia . Owing to the ...
... south of us . There are no States in the whole Union , whose people have been more closely connected by ties of blood , of intermarriage and close identity of interest and political views than North Carolina and Virginia . Owing to 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.