Report of the First[-thirty-first] Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association, Volume 41Virginia State Bar Association, 1929 - Bar associations |
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... common law , to which we still subscribe , was that the combined judgment of a number of men was more apt to be correct in the determination of an issue of fact than the conclusion of any one man . That idea , of course , is nothing ...
... common law , to which we still subscribe , was that the combined judgment of a number of men was more apt to be correct in the determination of an issue of fact than the conclusion of any one man . That idea , of course , is nothing ...
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... common- law powers of the courts over juries were , to investigate this question , and I made some investigations along that line . I do not believe that any man of ordinary common sense who is a lawyer wants to go back to the time when ...
... common- law powers of the courts over juries were , to investigate this question , and I made some investigations along that line . I do not believe that any man of ordinary common sense who is a lawyer wants to go back to the time when ...
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... common law judges commented on the evidence and the credi- bility of witnesses , but that it was repulsive to the American sense of justice and was one of the things which brought about judicial tyranny which , along with the tyranny of ...
... common law judges commented on the evidence and the credi- bility of witnesses , but that it was repulsive to the American sense of justice and was one of the things which brought about judicial tyranny which , along with the tyranny of ...
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Active members Alexandria amendment American Bar Association Annual Meeting appointed Big Stone Gap bill Bldg Bohannan Bureau Chairman CHARLES Charlottesville Christiansburg Circuit City Clifton Forge Coalter Committee on Resolutions common law Commonwealth Commonwealth's Attorney Constitution Corporation County Court of Appeals Danville directed verdict enacted evidence Executive Committee Fairfax Federal fireproof Gentlemen GEORGE George Tucker ginia Harrisonburg HENRY Honorary members Hot Springs Irvine JAMES JOHN Judge Tucker Judicial jury justice law school lawyer Legislation and Law Legislature Lexington Lovingston Lynchburg ment mittee Norfolk Norfolk Norfolk Norfolk Odom Petersburg practice President Pulaski records Richmond Richmond Richmond Roanoke Roanoke Roanoke Roanoke ROBERT Section Senate of Virginia SMITH Special Committee statute Staunton Steam E Yes STUART Suffolk Supreme Court Tazewell THOMAS tion trial judge University of Virginia vault verdict veterans Virginia State Bar Volume XXX Warrenton WILLIAM Williamsburg Winchester Wytheville Yes Yes Yes