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" Moralists have ranked with the cases in which Convention supersedes the general rule of truth, an Advocate asserting the justice, or his belief in the justice, of his Client's cause *. As a reason why he may do this, though he believe otherwise, it is... "
The Elements of Morality: Including Polity - Page 282
by William Whewell - 1845
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Illustrations of Lying, in All Its Branches

Amelia Opie - Truthfulness and falsehood - 1827 - 280 pages
...the subscription of a letter ; a servant's denying his master ; a prisoner's pleading not guilty ; an advocate asserting the justice, or his belief in the justice, of his client's cause. In such instances, no confidence is destroyed, because none was reposed ; no promise to speak the truth...
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The Father and Daughter: A Tale

Amelia Alderson Opie - 1827 - 388 pages
...in the subscription of a letter; a servant's denying his master; a prisoner's pleading not guilty ; an advocate asserting the justice, or his belief in the justice, of his client's cause. In such instances no confidence is destroyed, because none was reposed; no promise to speak the truth...
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Illustrations of Lying: In All Its Branches

Amelia Opie - Truthfulness and falsehood - 1832 - 232 pages
...the subscription of a letter ; a servant's denying hit master ; a prisoner's pleading not guilty ; an advocate asserting the justice, or his belief in the justice, of his client's cause. In such instances, no confidence M destroyed, because none was reposed ; no promise to speak the truth...
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The Elements of Morality: Including Polity, Volume 1

William Whewell - Ethics - 1845 - 422 pages
...his murderers, would be to be accessory to his death. This is a Case of Necessity, and a Lie in such a Case is not to be judged of by common Rules. 398....to be given. But we reply by asking; If there is no mutual understanding that he shall speak truly, to what purpose does he speak, or to what purpose do...
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The North American Review, Volume 63

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1846 - 550 pages
...doubt whether the profession of an advocate can be pursued without the sacrifice of integrity. fc " Some Moralists have ranked with the cases in which...to be given. But we reply by asking, If there is no mutual understanding that he shall speak truly, to what purpose does he speak, or to what purpose do...
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The North American Review, Volume 63

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1846 - 752 pages
...doubt whether the profession of an advocate can be pursued without the sacrifice of integrity. * " Some Moralists have ranked with the cases in which...supersedes the general rule of truth, an Advocate asserting 8 Whewell's Elements of Morality. [July, the justice, or his belief in the justice, of his Client's...
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The Elements of Morality: Including Polity, Volume 1

William Whewell - Ethics - 1847 - 428 pages
...which he was contained as a box of theological books. 399. But when such falsehoods which thus save ft friend from ruin are accompanied with some great foreseen...the justice, or his belief in the justice, of his Client s cause*. As a reason why he may do this, though he believe otherwise, it is said that no promise...
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Cambridge examination papers: a suppl. to the University calendar, 1856-59

Cambridge univ, exam. papers - 1856 - 252 pages
...connected with this? 18. How far do you consider Paley's statement, that the assertion of an advocate of 'the justice or his belief in the justice of his client's cause' comes under the case of falsehoods which are not lies, to be true? "Would his grounds for this justify...
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An Essay on Professional Ethics

George Sharswood - Legal ethics - 1860 - 212 pages
...length ; — " Some moralists," says he, " have ranked with the cases in which convention supersedes 43 the general rule of truth, an advocate asserting the...his belief in the justice, of his client's cause. Those who contend for such indulgence argue that the profession is an instrument for the administration...
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Expository Lectures on the Heidelberg Catechism, Volume 2

George Washington Bethune - Heidelberger Katechismus - 1866 - 540 pages
...subscription of a letter; a servant's denying his master [to be at home] ; a prisoner's pleading not guilty ; an advocate asserting the justice, or his belief in the justice, of his client's cause. In such instances, no confidence is destroyed, because none was reposed ; no promise to speak the truth...
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