Annual Report of the American Bar Association: Including Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting, Volume 1Headquarters Office, 1878 - Bar associations |
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... ment , that there be a Vice - President for each judicial dis- trict of the United States , instead of for each State . some discussion , the motion was withdrawn . After Mr. Ashton moved , as an amendment , that the designation of the ...
... ment , that there be a Vice - President for each judicial dis- trict of the United States , instead of for each State . some discussion , the motion was withdrawn . After Mr. Ashton moved , as an amendment , that the designation of the ...
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... ment was unanimously adopted , there being more than thirty members present . 8. Judge Poland then said : One of the By - Laws that have been adopted by the Executive Committee and reported , provides for inviting any member of the bar ...
... ment was unanimously adopted , there being more than thirty members present . 8. Judge Poland then said : One of the By - Laws that have been adopted by the Executive Committee and reported , provides for inviting any member of the bar ...
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... ment composed of several departments , or of several bodies , each to some extent being a check upon the other ; because the will of an unchecked majority may in times of great popular excitement degenerate into a despotism more odious ...
... ment composed of several departments , or of several bodies , each to some extent being a check upon the other ; because the will of an unchecked majority may in times of great popular excitement degenerate into a despotism more odious ...
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... ment of tramps by imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months . By another Act attorneys are entitled to a writ of error from the Supreme Court in cases of proceedings against them for unprofessional conduct . By an Act approved ...
... ment of tramps by imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months . By another Act attorneys are entitled to a writ of error from the Supreme Court in cases of proceedings against them for unprofessional conduct . By an Act approved ...
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... ment of cordial intercourse among the members of the " American Bar . " Within this by no means narrow range , I hope to confine myself in addressing you upon the subject of " Shifting Uses , " from the Stand - point of the Nineteenth ...
... ment of cordial intercourse among the members of the " American Bar . " Within this by no means narrow range , I hope to confine myself in addressing you upon the subject of " Shifting Uses , " from the Stand - point of the Nineteenth ...
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Page 108 - The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce or the postal service known or in use when the Constitution was adopted, but they keep pace with the progress of the country and adapt themselves to the new developments of time and circumstances.
Page 63 - ... or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than ten days, nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, together with the costs of prosecution, and each day such person continues to practice medicine and surgery, contrary to the provisions of this act, shall constitute a separate offense.
Page 108 - They extend from the horse with its rider to the stagecoach, from the sailing vessel to the steamboat, from the coach and the steamboat to the railroad, and from the railroad to the telegraph, as these new agencies are successively brought into use to meet the demands of increasing population and wealth. "They were intended for the government of the business to which they relate at all times and under all circumstances.
Page 201 - And the said records and judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the State from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Page 55 - Each stockholder of a corporation, or joint-stock association, shall be individually and personally liable for such proportion of all its debts and liabilities contracted or incurred, during the time he was a stockholder, as the amount of stock or shares owned by him bears to the whole of the subscribed capital stock, or shares of the corporation or association.
Page 187 - Whenever the executive authority of any state or territory demands any person as a fugitive from justice of the executive authority of any state or territory to which such person has fled, and produces a copy of an indictment found, or an affidavit made before a magistrate of any state or territory, charging the person demanded with having committed treason, felony, or other crime, certified as authentic by the governor...
Page 31 - ... by all civilized nations. It is not in conflict with the constitution of the United States, which, although prohibiting states from passing laws impairing the obligation of contracts, allows congress "to establish . . . uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcy throughout the United States.
Page 149 - ... in that state of life to which it has pleased God to call him.
Page 117 - ... that no honest mirth or recreation is lawful or tolerable in our religion...
Page 143 - We need not bid, for cloistered cell, Our neighbour and our work farewell, Nor strive to wind ourselves too high For sinful man beneath the sky : The trivial round, the common task, Would furnish all we ought to ask ; Room to deny ourselves ; a road To bring us, daily, nearer God.