The Scottish Law Review and Reports of Cases in the Sheriff Courts of Scotland, Volume 7W. Hodge & Company, 1891 - Law |
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... reason of their overcrowded condition , or undergoing in the ranks the process of starving - out . The over - supply affects the public in a way the public has no means of measuring . The lawyer in large and good ( i.e. profitable ) ...
... reason of their overcrowded condition , or undergoing in the ranks the process of starving - out . The over - supply affects the public in a way the public has no means of measuring . The lawyer in large and good ( i.e. profitable ) ...
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... reason for taxing lawyers for the right to practice . Yet for each of the first three years of his career a law agent pays £ 3 , and for each year thereafter £ 6 , by way of license duty . By our modern principle of equality , on what ...
... reason for taxing lawyers for the right to practice . Yet for each of the first three years of his career a law agent pays £ 3 , and for each year thereafter £ 6 , by way of license duty . By our modern principle of equality , on what ...
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... reason why he should neglect the canons of literary com- position as he does . The reader's confidence in his author is shaken in limine ; for how can a man who writes so carelessly be a trustworthy guide in the labyrinths of the law ...
... reason why he should neglect the canons of literary com- position as he does . The reader's confidence in his author is shaken in limine ; for how can a man who writes so carelessly be a trustworthy guide in the labyrinths of the law ...
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... reasons for assuming the control in quarrels between railway companies and their servants . By reason of the monopoly which a railway company enjoys , it is truly a trustee for the public , with a commission on the profits by way of ...
... reasons for assuming the control in quarrels between railway companies and their servants . By reason of the monopoly which a railway company enjoys , it is truly a trustee for the public , with a commission on the profits by way of ...
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... reason to be thankful than it knows . The good he does includes the evil he averts . The word of peace spoken by him in the ear of his client may never be proclaimed on the housetop of the opposite party . Nay , that party may never ...
... reason to be thankful than it knows . The good he does includes the evil he averts . The word of peace spoken by him in the ear of his client may never be proclaimed on the housetop of the opposite party . Nay , that party may never ...
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Page 292 - ... for the taxed costs, charges and expenses of or in reference to such suit, matter or proceeding, and it shall be lawful for such Court or Judge to make such order or orders for taxation of and for raising and payment of such costs, charges and expenses, out of the said property as to such Court or Judge shall appear just and proper : and all conveyances and acts done to defeat, or which shall operate to defeat such charge or right, shall, unless made to a bond.
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