The Cornell Law Quarterly, Volume 12Cornell University, College of Law, 1927 - Electronic journals The Cornell Law Quarterly's contents are topical and intended to be of special relevance to to those practicing law in New York State. |
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... lawyer . The smile may be kindly , but the thought is that the phrase is a contradiction in term . This is an attitude not uncommon and perhaps quite natural among the brethren of the bar who have never had to perplex their heads with ...
... lawyer . The smile may be kindly , but the thought is that the phrase is a contradiction in term . This is an attitude not uncommon and perhaps quite natural among the brethren of the bar who have never had to perplex their heads with ...
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... lawyer and diplomat . It demonstrated that every form of controversy , from that of national boundaries to torts committed against the humblest individual , had been satisfactorily disposed of before tribunals administering definite ...
... lawyer and diplomat . It demonstrated that every form of controversy , from that of national boundaries to torts committed against the humblest individual , had been satisfactorily disposed of before tribunals administering definite ...
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... constituted ad hoc , or the Permanent Court now functioning at the Hague . The cases will be argued by lawyers upon definite pleadings and upon testimony taken under fixed rules . The lawyer who was INTERNATIONAL LAW AND PRIVATE PRACTICE ...
... constituted ad hoc , or the Permanent Court now functioning at the Hague . The cases will be argued by lawyers upon definite pleadings and upon testimony taken under fixed rules . The lawyer who was INTERNATIONAL LAW AND PRIVATE PRACTICE ...
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... lawyer may dispense with the drudgery incident to the making of any other kind of a lawyer . I have known many other lawyers , both in this and in other countries , whose practice had given them some reputation as international lawyers ...
... lawyer may dispense with the drudgery incident to the making of any other kind of a lawyer . I have known many other lawyers , both in this and in other countries , whose practice had given them some reputation as international lawyers ...
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... lawyer , not only in his own State of New York , but throughout the Union , and especially in the Supreme Court where he had had a large practice ; Judge Blodgett , of Chicago , a well known lawyer of general practice , and my father ...
... lawyer , not only in his own State of New York , but throughout the Union , and especially in the Supreme Court where he had had a large practice ; Judge Blodgett , of Chicago , a well known lawyer of general practice , and my father ...
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Page 297 - Cruttwell v. Lye, 17 Ves. 335, 346, where he says : " The good-will which has been the subject of sale is nothing more than the probability that the old customers will resort to the old place.
Page 49 - ... debts owing to any person who by the laws of the States or the United States is entitled to priority.
Page 259 - Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is hereby declared to be illegal. Every person who shall make any such contract or engage in any such combination or conspiracy, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor...
Page 112 - Act to recover damages for personal injuries to an employee, or where such injuries have resulted in his death, the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee...
Page 255 - A monopoly is an institution, or allowance by the king by his grant, commission, or otherwise to any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, of or for the sole buying, selling, making, working, or using of anything, whereby any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, are sought to be restrained of any freedom or liberty that they had before, or hindered in their lawful trade.
Page 462 - A charity, in the legal sense, may be more fully defined as a gift, to be applied, consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies from disease, suffering or constraint, by assisting them to establish themselves in life, or by erecting or maintaining public buildings or works or otherwise lessening the burdens of government.
Page 325 - ... engage mutually, not to grant any particular favor to other nations, in respect of commerce and navigation, which shall not immediately become common to the other party, who shall enjoy the same freely, if the concession was freely made, or, on allowing the same compensation, if the concession was conditional.
Page 265 - I cannot believe that in the long run the public will profit by this court permitting knaves to cut reasonable prices for some ulterior purpose of their own and thus to impair, if not to destroy, the production and sale of articles which it is assumed to be desirable that the public should be able to get.
Page 269 - ... to make, use, and vend the invention throughout the United States; or (2) an undivided part or share of that exclusive right; or (3) the exclusive right under the patent within and throughout a specified part of the United States.
Page 93 - An instrument to be negotiable must conform to the following requirements: 1. It must be in writing and signed by the maker or drawer ; 2. Must contain an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain in money ; 3. Must be payable on demand, or at a fixed or determinable future time ; 4. Must be payable to order or to bearer; and, 5. Where the instrument is addressed to a drawee, he must be named or otherwise indicated therein with reasonable certainty.