Transactions, Volume 6Hanzsche, 1901 |
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... amendment and to hinder and delay measures to which they are opposed . Their importunity is great , their willing- ness to spend more or less money to accomplish their pur- poses is well known , though difficult of proof to legislative ...
... amendment and to hinder and delay measures to which they are opposed . Their importunity is great , their willing- ness to spend more or less money to accomplish their pur- poses is well known , though difficult of proof to legislative ...
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... amendment covering the subject . It is not my purpose to extend this address by the discussion of any but the main question proposed . I will simply add , that I believe the plan outlined can be accomplished without going into either of ...
... amendment covering the subject . It is not my purpose to extend this address by the discussion of any but the main question proposed . I will simply add , that I believe the plan outlined can be accomplished without going into either of ...
Page 49
... amendments , either in the way of addition or exclusion . That the Committee on Judicial Administration and Legal Re- form , to be appointed by the President elected at this meeting , shall begin not later than the fifteenth day of ...
... amendments , either in the way of addition or exclusion . That the Committee on Judicial Administration and Legal Re- form , to be appointed by the President elected at this meeting , shall begin not later than the fifteenth day of ...
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... amendment of the law regulating the ad- mission of members of the Bar . It will be remembered , that upon the advice of the Committee on Legal Education , a reso- lution was passed by this Association , last year , recommend- ing to the ...
... amendment of the law regulating the ad- mission of members of the Bar . It will be remembered , that upon the advice of the Committee on Legal Education , a reso- lution was passed by this Association , last year , recommend- ing to the ...
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... amendment may be secured . As far as we have been able to observe , the Act of 1898 , covering the subject of Admissions to the Bar , has thus far proven satisfactory , and , if amended in the above particular , as to the time of study ...
... amendment may be secured . As far as we have been able to observe , the Act of 1898 , covering the subject of Admissions to the Bar , has thus far proven satisfactory , and , if amended in the above particular , as to the time of study ...
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Page 57 - ... 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; but it is unprofessional for a lawyer so engaged to conceal his attorneyship, or to employ secret personal solicitations, or to use means other than those addressed to the reason and understanding to influence action.
Page 53 - IN SUPPORTING A CLIENT'S CAUSE. Nothing operates more certainly to create or to foster popular prejudice against lawyers as a class, and to deprive the profession of that full measure of public esteem and confidence which belongs to the proper discharge of its duties than does the false claim, often set up by the unscrupulous in defense of questionable transactions, that it is the duty of the lawyer to do whatever may enable him to succeed in winning his client's cause.
Page 27 - The President: You have heard the report of the Committee. What is the pleasure of the Association in reference to it.
Page 50 - I will abstain from all offensive personality, and advance no fact prejudicial to the honor or reputation of a party or witness, unless required by the justice of the cause with which...
Page 18 - Corporations may be formed under general laws ; but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where, in the judgment of the Legislature, the objects of the corporation cannot be attained under general laws.
Page 53 - An attorney should strive, at all times, to uphold the honor, maintain the dignity and promote the usefulness of the profession ; for it is so interwoven with the administration of justice, that whatever redounds to the good of one, advances the other; and the attorney thus discharges, not merely an obligation to his brothers, but a high duty to the State and his fellowman. 9. An attorney should not speak slightingly or disparagingly of his profession, or pander in...
Page 164 - I hereby certify that Edward J. Peters, esquire, before whom the annexed affidavits were made, and who has thereto subscribed his name, was, at the time of so doing, a justice of the peace of the State of Maryland, in and for the city of Baltimore, duly commissioned and sworn. In testimony...
Page 140 - You'd scarce expect one of my age, To speak in public on the stage ; And if I chance to fall below Demosthenes or Cicero, Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by. Large streams from little fountains flow; Tall oaks from little acorns grow...
Page 55 - Indirect advertisement for business, by furnishing or inspiring editorials or press notices, regarding causes in which the attorney takes part, the manner in which they were conducted, the importance of his positions, the magnitude of the interests involved, and all other like self-laudation, is of evil tendency and wholly unprofessional.
Page 58 - ... incidental matters pending the trial, not affecting the merits of the cause, or working substantial prejudice to the rights of the client, such as forcing the opposite...