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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... tion the pencil sketch of Chief Justice Marshall handed you here- with . It was done from life , and is considered a strong likeness of him , and may be an object of interest at our meeting next week . As I may be detained here , I will ...
... tion the pencil sketch of Chief Justice Marshall handed you here- with . It was done from life , and is considered a strong likeness of him , and may be an object of interest at our meeting next week . As I may be detained here , I will ...
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... tion and Admission to the Bar . ( No response . ) The Com- mittee on Library and Legal Literature . ( No response . ) The Committee on Presentments . ( No response . ) The Committee on Grievances . ( No response . ) The Committee on ...
... tion and Admission to the Bar . ( No response . ) The Com- mittee on Library and Legal Literature . ( No response . ) The Committee on Presentments . ( No response . ) The Committee on Grievances . ( No response . ) The Committee on ...
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... tion having been duly accomplished , that the title to the land , after adjudication in the courts , shall be good against the world , even the Commonwealth of Virginia . It is true that it is provided that that shall not be the effect ...
... tion having been duly accomplished , that the title to the land , after adjudication in the courts , shall be good against the world , even the Commonwealth of Virginia . It is true that it is provided that that shall not be the effect ...
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... tion for the registration of any land the court shall cause notice 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 ...
... tion for the registration of any land the court shall cause notice 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 ...
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... tion to the fact that this question , upon its merits before the Association , is practically res adjudicata . Ever since I have been a member of the Association , three or four years , it seems we have been approaching the issue ...
... tion to the fact that this question , upon its merits before the Association , is practically res adjudicata . Ever since I have been a member of the Association , three or four years , it seems we have been approaching the issue ...
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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.