Report of the First[-thirty-first] Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association, Volume 17Virginia State Bar Association, 1904 |
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... client at the very hour of his death - actually dying , gallant knight as he was , " in his steel harness full knightly . " The great luminary of jurisprudence and philosophy , Lord Francis Bacon , has said that prosperity best ...
... client at the very hour of his death - actually dying , gallant knight as he was , " in his steel harness full knightly . " The great luminary of jurisprudence and philosophy , Lord Francis Bacon , has said that prosperity best ...
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... clients . A warm friend , a devoted husband and father , and an invaluable citizen , his loss will long be deplored by the people of his county who knew and loved him , and who will ever cherish his memory in green remein- brance . J ...
... clients . A warm friend , a devoted husband and father , and an invaluable citizen , his loss will long be deplored by the people of his county who knew and loved him , and who will ever cherish his memory in green remein- brance . J ...
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... client . " The call for legal services was after the act was done , and the lawyer was asked to get his client out of trouble , not to prevent his getting into it ; the gladiator was wanted , not the adviser and guide . These conditions ...
... client . " The call for legal services was after the act was done , and the lawyer was asked to get his client out of trouble , not to prevent his getting into it ; the gladiator was wanted , not the adviser and guide . These conditions ...
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... client intelligently and safely , in order to prevent his getting into trouble , or often into the courts , for the client of to - day does not seek , but strongly desires to avoid litigation ; of course , if the trouble has come to the ...
... client intelligently and safely , in order to prevent his getting into trouble , or often into the courts , for the client of to - day does not seek , but strongly desires to avoid litigation ; of course , if the trouble has come to the ...
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... client afford to take his advice ? Theories must fit facts . No man can know the law in a given case , unless he knows the facts in that case ; hence the theory is worse than valueless , unless the lawyer knows the facts , or knows how ...
... client afford to take his advice ? Theories must fit facts . No man can know the law in a given case , unless he knows the facts in that case ; hence the theory is worse than valueless , unless the lawyer knows the facts , or knows how ...
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Página 270 - The miscarriages to which justice is subject, by reason of surprises and disappointments in evidence and witnesses, and through mistakes of juries and errors of Courts, even though only occasional, admonish lawyers to beware of bold and confident assurances to clients, especially where the employment may depend upon such assurance. Whenever the controversy will admit of fair adjustment, the client should be advised to avoid or to end the litigation.
Página 268 - It is disreputable to hunt up defects in titles or other causes of action and inform thereof in order to be employed to bring suit, or to breed litigation by seeking out those with claims for personal injuries or those having any other grounds of action in order to secure them as clients...
Página 210 - Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Página 267 - Newspaper publications by a lawyer as to pending or anticipated litigation may interfere with a fair trial in the courts and otherwise prejudice the due administration of justice. Generally they are to be condemned.
Página 218 - Legislature, to hold their offices during good behavior, and to receive punctually, at stated times, fixed compensation for their services, in which no increase or diminution shall be made so as to affect the persons actually in office at the time of such increase or diminution.
Página 266 - But it is steadfastly to be borne in mind that the great trust of the lawyer is to be performed within and not without the bounds of the law. The office of attorney does not permit, much less does it demand of him for any client, violation of law or any manner of fraud or chicane. He must obey his own conscience and not that of his client 16.
Página 267 - When a lawyer is a witness for his client, except as to merely formal matters, such as the attestation or custody of an instrument and the like, he should leave the trial of the case to other counsel. Except when essential to the ends of justice, a lawyer should avoid testifying in court in behalf of his client.
Página 146 - Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present at any meeting of the Association...
Página 164 - ... in order to the inviolable maintenance of that equality of privileges and immunities to which the citizens of the Union will be entitled, the national judiciary ought to preside in all cases in which one State or its citizens are opposed to another State or its citizens.
Página 270 - ... incidental matters pending the trial, not affecting the merits of the cause, or working substantial prejudice to the rights of the client, such as forcing the opposite...