Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association, Volume 10, Part 1887E.C. Markley & Son, 1887 - Law |
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... called to our attention , in regard to which we offer a slight amendment , It has seemed to us that it would be a becoming courtesy to make the ex - Presidents of this body honorary members of it ; we therefore recommend the adoption of ...
... called to our attention , in regard to which we offer a slight amendment , It has seemed to us that it would be a becoming courtesy to make the ex - Presidents of this body honorary members of it ; we therefore recommend the adoption of ...
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... called by the Secretary , and then gentlemen will announce the names of the General Council . The Secretary : Mr. President , by the Constitution we have certain dele- gates who are entitled to membership here , and it seems to me that ...
... called by the Secretary , and then gentlemen will announce the names of the General Council . The Secretary : Mr. President , by the Constitution we have certain dele- gates who are entitled to membership here , and it seems to me that ...
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... called indeterminate sentences have been adopted in only two of our States , and the meaning of them is this : That the judges , instead of fixing the limit of punishment , can make the sentence general . The convict is sentenced to the ...
... called indeterminate sentences have been adopted in only two of our States , and the meaning of them is this : That the judges , instead of fixing the limit of punishment , can make the sentence general . The convict is sentenced to the ...
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... called in a third party , who has divided the differences between the two without regard to the real rights of either of the parties . For that reason I question very much whether an arbitration is a desirable tri- bunal to intrust any ...
... called in a third party , who has divided the differences between the two without regard to the real rights of either of the parties . For that reason I question very much whether an arbitration is a desirable tri- bunal to intrust any ...
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... called an amicable agreement reference . But this bill undertakes to do very much more . In the first place , there seems to be an impression in the minds of several of the members of the Association that this bill is going to operate ...
... called an amicable agreement reference . But this bill undertakes to do very much more . In the first place , there seems to be an impression in the minds of several of the members of the Association that this bill is going to operate ...
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Page 157 - New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin Total 732 686 i.
Page 392 - A negotiable promissory note within the meaning of this, act is an unconditional promise in writing made by one person to another signed by the maker engaging to pay on demand, or at a fixed or determined future time, a sum certain- in money to order, or to bearer.
Page 383 - A bill must be protested at the place where it is dishonored, except that when a bill drawn payable at the place of business, or residence of some person other than the drawee, has been dishonored by non-acceptance, it must be protested for non-payment at the place where it is expressed to be payable, and no further presentment for payment to, or demand on, the drawee is necessary.
Page 158 - ... no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against any person by any original process or proceeding in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, but where the jurisdiction is founded only on the fact that the action is between citizens of different States, suit shall be brought only in the district of the residence of either the plaintiff or the defendant...
Page 199 - To commit any act injurious to the public health, to public morals, or to trade or commerce, or for the perversion or obstruction of justice, or of the due administration of the laws, Each of them is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Page 337 - Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more, — it is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations, and parts of nations, in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse.
Page 161 - All claims founded upon the constitution of the United States or any law of congress, except for pensions, or upon any regulation of an executive department, or upon any contract express or implied with the government of the United States...
Page 381 - Where the person giving and the person to receive notice reside in different places, the notice must be given within the following times : 1. If...
Page 372 - An accommodation party is one who has signed the instrument as maker, drawer, acceptor or indorser, without receiving value therefor, and for the purpose of lending his name to some other person. Such a person is liable on the instrument to a holder for value, notwithstanding such holder at the time of taking the instrument knew him to be only an accommodation party.
Page 297 - Undoubtedly in mere private contracts, relating to matters in which the public has no interest, what is reasonable must be ascertained judicially. But this is because the legislature has no control over such a contract. So, too, in matters which do affect the public interest, and as to which legislative control may be exercised, if there are no statutory regulations upon the subject, the courts must determine what is reasonable.