A Popular and Practical Introduction to Law Studies: And to Every Department of the Legal Profession, Civil, Criminal, and Ecclesiastical : with an Account of the State of the Law in Ireland and Scotland, and Occasional Illustrations from American Law |
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... CHAPTER XIX . PAGE HINTS TO VERY YOUNG COUNSEL 867—877 CHAPTER XX . IRELAND , THE COMMON AND STATUTE LAW IN FORCE THERE 878–884 CHAPTER XXI . SCOTLAND , THE LAW OF , ITS DEPARTMENTS , JUDGES , AND PRACTITIONERS 885-900 CHAPTER XXII ...
... CHAPTER XIX . PAGE HINTS TO VERY YOUNG COUNSEL 867—877 CHAPTER XX . IRELAND , THE COMMON AND STATUTE LAW IN FORCE THERE 878–884 CHAPTER XXI . SCOTLAND , THE LAW OF , ITS DEPARTMENTS , JUDGES , AND PRACTITIONERS 885-900 CHAPTER XXII ...
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... accepted , the time and pains he has expended upon the ensuing pages , will have been richly recompensed . KING'S BENCH WALK , INNER TEMPLE , 20th April , 1835 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE PRESENT STATE xiv PREFACE .
... accepted , the time and pains he has expended upon the ensuing pages , will have been richly recompensed . KING'S BENCH WALK , INNER TEMPLE , 20th April , 1835 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE PRESENT STATE xiv PREFACE .
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... CHAPTER III . STUDENTS : -THEIR CHARACTERS , OBJECTS , PRETENSIONS , AND PROSPECTS CHAPTER IV . ON THE FORMATION OF A LEGAL CHARACTER . PART I. General Conduct CHAPTER V. PART II . General Knowledge . SECTION 1. History - Political and ...
... CHAPTER III . STUDENTS : -THEIR CHARACTERS , OBJECTS , PRETENSIONS , AND PROSPECTS CHAPTER IV . ON THE FORMATION OF A LEGAL CHARACTER . PART I. General Conduct CHAPTER V. PART II . General Knowledge . SECTION 1. History - Political and ...
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... CHAPTER VI . PAGE 202-229 PART III . Mental Discipline CHAPTER VII . ON THE PRACTICAL STUDY OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND CHAPTER VIII . DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION - CIVIL , CRIMINAL , ECCLESIASTICAL 230 ...
... CHAPTER VI . PAGE 202-229 PART III . Mental Discipline CHAPTER VII . ON THE PRACTICAL STUDY OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND CHAPTER VIII . DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION - CIVIL , CRIMINAL , ECCLESIASTICAL 230 ...
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... CHAPTER XV . SPECIAL PLEADING , ITS HISTORY , CHARACTER , AND EXCELLENCE EXAMINED AND ILLUSTRATED PAGE 706-747 CHAPTER XVI . OUTLINE OF A COURSE OF LAW READING , PRINCIPALLY DESIGNED FOR THE COMMON LAW STUDENT CHAPTER XVII . METHOD AND ...
... CHAPTER XV . SPECIAL PLEADING , ITS HISTORY , CHARACTER , AND EXCELLENCE EXAMINED AND ILLUSTRATED PAGE 706-747 CHAPTER XVI . OUTLINE OF A COURSE OF LAW READING , PRINCIPALLY DESIGNED FOR THE COMMON LAW STUDENT CHAPTER XVII . METHOD AND ...
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Page 123 - Tis two or three, my lord, that bring you word, Macduff is fled to England. Macb. Fled to England ? Len. Ay, my good lord. Macb. Time, thou anticipat'st my dread exploits : The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it : from this moment, The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand.
Page 507 - This statute is in derogation of the common law, therefore it is not to be extended by implication or construction. "As a rule of exposition, statutes are to be construed in reference to the principles of the common law ; for it is not to be presumed that the legislature intended to make any innovation upon the common -law, further than the case absolutely required.
Page 101 - He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
Page 36 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Page 838 - Wise men have said are wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books and shallow in himself...
Page 520 - And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
Page 311 - But it lies for money paid by mistake, or upon a consideration which happens to fail, or for money got through imposition...
Page 945 - In an action on the case for a nuisance to the occupation of a house, by carrying on an offensive trade, the pica of not guilty will operate as a denial, only that the defendant carried on the alleged trade in such a way as to be a nuisance to the occupation of the house ; and will not operate as a denial of the plaintiff's occupation of the house.
Page 211 - Chilling-worth, who by his example will teach both perspicuity, and the way of right reasoning, better than any book that I know; and therefore will deserve to be read upon that account over and over again; not to say any thing of his argument.
Page 404 - And therefore if all the reason that is dispersed into so many several heads, were united into one, yet could he not make such a law as the law of England is ; because by many successions of ages, it hath been fined and refined by an infinite number of grave and learned men...