The Canadian Law Times, Volume 28Carswell, 1908 - Law From 1900 to 1908 includes the "Annual digest of Canadian cases ... decided in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, in the Supreme and Exchequer Courts of Canada, and in the courts of the provinces ... Edited by Edward B. Brown." |
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... thing now with our restricted education to have that take place with the numerous interests which have arisen since . But , as I said before , I think it is important that matters which are im- material ought to be lopped off as far as ...
... thing now with our restricted education to have that take place with the numerous interests which have arisen since . But , as I said before , I think it is important that matters which are im- material ought to be lopped off as far as ...
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... thing was to get " on " by whatever methods ; in the next place to get " honour , " and lastly to get " honest . " It was conceded that the last de- gree was not attained until they got upon the Bench , then they got honest , " and the ...
... thing was to get " on " by whatever methods ; in the next place to get " honour , " and lastly to get " honest . " It was conceded that the last de- gree was not attained until they got upon the Bench , then they got honest , " and the ...
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... thing of the past . His place has been taken by the business man , the acute pulse feeler of the money market , who is ever on the look out for investments for his clients , whether real estate , bank stock or shares in a mining company ...
... thing of the past . His place has been taken by the business man , the acute pulse feeler of the money market , who is ever on the look out for investments for his clients , whether real estate , bank stock or shares in a mining company ...
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... thing is for our Courts to earn and to deserve to earn the confidence of the people ; thus only can they stand . And out of Court the duties of members of the Bar are not less but more onerous as time goes by and life becomes more ...
... thing is for our Courts to earn and to deserve to earn the confidence of the people ; thus only can they stand . And out of Court the duties of members of the Bar are not less but more onerous as time goes by and life becomes more ...
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... thing , " said an eminent American lawyer and states- man , " in all the various departments of government or busi- ness that is carried on with less scientific or orderly method than the making of laws . " " Many bills drawn with only ...
... thing , " said an eminent American lawyer and states- man , " in all the various departments of government or busi- ness that is carried on with less scientific or orderly method than the making of laws . " " Many bills drawn with only ...
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Page 185 - Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control. These three alone lead life to sovereign power. Yet not for power (power of herself Would come uncall'd for) but to live by law, Acting the law we live by without fear; And, because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence.
Page 552 - The Administration of Justice in the Province, including the Constitution, Maintenance, and Organization of Provincial Courts, both of Civil and of Criminal Jurisdiction, and including Procedure in Civil Matters in those Courts.
Page 126 - In our halls is hung Armoury of the invincible Knights of old : We must be free or die, who speak the tongue That Shakespeare spake; the faith and morals hold Which Milton held.
Page 379 - Newspaper publications by a lawyer as to pending or anticipated litigation may interfere with a fair trial in the courts and otherwise prejudice the due administration of justice. Generally they are to be condemned.
Page 377 - The lawyer owes entire devotion to the interest of the client, warm zeal in the maintenance and defense of his rights, and the exertion of his utmost learning and ability, to the end that nothing be taken or be withheld from him.
Page 987 - ... law, so as to enable the assignee to sue in his own name for a breach thereof, was attributed by Coke to the "wisdom and policy of the founders of our law" in discouraging maintenance and litigation.
Page 690 - This England never did (nor never shall) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make us rue, if England to itself do rest but true.
Page 972 - The Judicial Department comes home in its effects to every man's fireside : it passes on his property, his reputation, his life, his all. Is it not, to the last degree important, that he should be rendered perfectly and completely independent, with nothing to influence or control him but God and his conscience?
Page 872 - The general rule is, that the master is answerable for every such wrong of the servant or agent as is committed in the course of the service and for the master's benefit, though no express command or privity of the master be proved.
Page 898 - ... may cause the child to be placed in a suitable family home, subject to the friendly supervision of a probation officer and the further order of the court; or it may authorize the child to be boarded out in some suitable...