Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association, Volume 28, Part 1905E.C. Markley & Son, 1905 - Law |
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... jury system ? " to be followed by an informal debate on the subject by those members who may be present . The President : The next business in order is the election of members of the General Council . It is usual for the Association to ...
... jury system ? " to be followed by an informal debate on the subject by those members who may be present . The President : The next business in order is the election of members of the General Council . It is usual for the Association to ...
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... jury trials can be improved in any way . Of course we have all had our experiences in jury trials , and I doubt not that there are many among us who can relate some very interesting experiences in that line . M. F. Dickinson , of ...
... jury trials can be improved in any way . Of course we have all had our experiences in jury trials , and I doubt not that there are many among us who can relate some very interesting experiences in that line . M. F. Dickinson , of ...
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... jury system , and as he chanced to be in my office on Monday morn- ing I asked him if he could not come here and address us on the subject . He will open the debate upon the question : " What can be done to improve the jury system ...
... jury system , and as he chanced to be in my office on Monday morn- ing I asked him if he could not come here and address us on the subject . He will open the debate upon the question : " What can be done to improve the jury system ...
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... jury system . Harvey N. Shepard , of Massachusetts : Mr. President and gentlemen of the American Bar Asso- ciation It is , of course , rank presumption on my part to attempt in this presence to speak upon so large a theme with only a ...
... jury system . Harvey N. Shepard , of Massachusetts : Mr. President and gentlemen of the American Bar Asso- ciation It is , of course , rank presumption on my part to attempt in this presence to speak upon so large a theme with only a ...
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... Jury duty has become so onerous in Great Britain and the United States that no man of high character serves upon a jury . " I do not know how that may be in Great Britain , but I remem- ber not long ago on the trial of a cause in Boston ...
... Jury duty has become so onerous in Great Britain and the United States that no man of high character serves upon a jury . " I do not know how that may be in Great Britain , but I remem- ber not long ago on the trial of a cause in Boston ...
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Page 437 - Any person who shall be injured in his business or property by any other person or corporation by reason of anything forbidden or declared to be unlawful by this act, may sue therefor in any circuit court of the United States in the district in which the defendant resides or is found, without respect to the amount in controversy, and shall recover three-fold the damages by him sustained, and the costs of suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee. Sec. 8. That the word " person " or
Page 645 - Congress shall have the power .... to promote the progress of science, and the useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors, the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.
Page 518 - Commerce with foreign countries, and among the States, strictly considered, consists in intercourse and traffic, including in these terms navigation, and the transportation and transit of persons and property, as well as the purchase, sale, and exchange of commodities.
Page 786 - ... although it is to be paid 1. With interest; or 2. By stated installments; or 3. By stated installments, with a provision that upon default in payment of any installment or of interest the whole shall become due ; or 4. 'With exchange, whether at a fixed rate, or at the current rate; or 5. With costs of collection or an attorney's fee, in case payment shall not be made at maturity.
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Page 790 - Every holder is deemed prima facie to be a holder in due course ; but when it is shown that the title of any person who has negotiated the instrument was defective, the burden is on the holder to prove that he or some person under whom he claims acquired the title as a holder in due course.
Page 500 - 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 342 - The obtaining of any fee on the assurance that a manifestly Incurable disease can be permanently cured.
Page 391 - The attorney and counsellor being, by the solemn judicial act of the court, clothed with his office, does not hold it as a matter of grace and favor. The right which it confers upon him to appear for suitors, and to argue causes, is something more than a mere indulgence, revocable at the pleasure of the court, or at the command of the legislature. It is a right of which he can only be deprived by the judgment of the court, for moral or professional delinquency.
Page 787 - But where the instrument is in the hands of a holder in due course, a valid delivery thereof by all parties prior to him so as to make them liable to him is conclusively presumed.