The Law Magazine and Law Review: Or, Quarterly Journal of Jurisprudence, Volume 15Butterworths, 1863 - Law |
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... action so full of public scandal to the Society of the Middle Temple . * Complaint has been fur- ther made in the public papers by Mr. Digby Seymour , that in his case , of fifteen meetings held by the benchers , in no single instance ...
... action so full of public scandal to the Society of the Middle Temple . * Complaint has been fur- ther made in the public papers by Mr. Digby Seymour , that in his case , of fifteen meetings held by the benchers , in no single instance ...
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... action till the accused is in position high enough to be an object of professional jealousy - accusations , the groundlessness of which can only be known to the Bar . In Mr. Seymour's case , if the inquiry had been made soon after the ...
... action till the accused is in position high enough to be an object of professional jealousy - accusations , the groundlessness of which can only be known to the Bar . In Mr. Seymour's case , if the inquiry had been made soon after the ...
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... action has followed from the Inns of Court , and where it must be presumed either that the benchers do not consider such acts as within their cognizance or that they have no means of receiving information upon matters even of public ...
... action has followed from the Inns of Court , and where it must be presumed either that the benchers do not consider such acts as within their cognizance or that they have no means of receiving information upon matters even of public ...
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... action can be brought by either counsel or client upon any such contract . * The judgment of the Chief Justice , apart from precedent , proceeds upon the ground that " If the law allowed the advocate to make a contract of hiring and ...
... action can be brought by either counsel or client upon any such contract . * The judgment of the Chief Justice , apart from precedent , proceeds upon the ground that " If the law allowed the advocate to make a contract of hiring and ...
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... action at law , against a barrister , even in the case of an express contract , unless there be mala fides , thus overruling what had been previously considered as the law in a judgment of the Court of Exchequer in Swinfen v . Lord ...
... action at law , against a barrister , even in the case of an express contract , unless there be mala fides , thus overruling what had been previously considered as the law in a judgment of the Court of Exchequer in Swinfen v . Lord ...
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Page 337 - And we do further solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents, that they shall abide by the determinations of the United States in Congress assembled, on all questions which by the said confederation are submitted to them : And that the articles thereof shall be inviolably observed by the States we respectively represent, and that the union shall be perpetual.
Page 337 - And Whereas it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively represent in congress, to approve of, and to authorize us to ratify the said articles of confederation and perpetual union.
Page 196 - Society requires not only that the passions of individuals should be subjected, but that even in the mass and body, as well as in the individuals, the inclinations of men should frequently be thwarted, their will controlled, and their passions brought into subjection.
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Page 216 - In Byam v. Collins, 111 NY 143, it is said: 'A libelous communication is regarded as privileged, if made bona fide, upon any subject-matter in which the party communicating has an interest, or in reference to which he has a duty, if made to a person having a corresponding interest or duty...
Page 337 - Ye, that we the undersigned delegates, by virtue of the power and authority to us given for that purpose, do by these presents, in the name and in behalf of our respective constituents, fully and entirely ratify and confirm each and every of the said Articles of confederation and...
Page 338 - ... the transcendent law of nature and of nature's God, which declares that the safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim, and to which all such institutions must be sacrificed.
Page 137 - When Justinian ascended the throne, the reformation of the Roman jurisprudence was an arduous but indispensable task. In the space of ten centuries the infinite variety of laws and legal opinions had filled many thousand volumes, which no fortune could purchase and no capacity could digest. Books could not easily be found; and the judges, poor in the midst of riches, were reduced to the exercise of their illiterate discretion.
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Page 231 - A publication, without justification or lawful excuse, which is calculated to injure the reputation of another, by exposing him to hatred, contempt, or ridicule, is a libel.