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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... thereof to all persons named in the petition , and ' to all whom it may concern , ' to be published and to be posted in the county or corporation where the land or the greater part thereof lies " - nearly half may lie in another county ...
... thereof to all persons named in the petition , and ' to all whom it may concern , ' to be published and to be posted in the county or corporation where the land or the greater part thereof lies " - nearly half may lie in another county ...
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... thereof . " Suppose the act is repealed , there would be no doubt of what the effect would be . Mr. A. W. Patterson : Mr. President , I move that this discus- sion be adjourned to the meeting to - night , after the reading of the paper ...
... thereof . " Suppose the act is repealed , there would be no doubt of what the effect would be . Mr. A. W. Patterson : Mr. President , I move that this discus- sion be adjourned to the meeting to - night , after the reading of the paper ...
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... thereof be sent to his family . Unanimously carried . The President : I have received the following telegram : " Judge S. C. GRAHAM , " ST . LOUIS , Mo. , August 22 , 1903 . President Virginia Bar Association , Hot Springs , Va . " In ...
... thereof be sent to his family . Unanimously carried . The President : I have received the following telegram : " Judge S. C. GRAHAM , " ST . LOUIS , Mo. , August 22 , 1903 . President Virginia Bar Association , Hot Springs , Va . " In ...
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... thereof properly filed ; kept the state of the bank accounts on all decrees directing the checking of funds under his control ; saw that all taxes on these funds , and on ad- ministrations , were properly charged and collected , and ...
... thereof properly filed ; kept the state of the bank accounts on all decrees directing the checking of funds under his control ; saw that all taxes on these funds , and on ad- ministrations , were properly charged and collected , and ...
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... thereof by death , resignation , expulsion , or otherwise . 5. The several officers of the said Association at the time of the passage of this act shall continue to hold their respective offices , with powers , duties , and emoluments ...
... thereof by death , resignation , expulsion , or otherwise . 5. The several officers of the said Association at the time of the passage of this act shall continue to hold their respective offices , with powers , duties , and emoluments ...
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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.