Annual Report of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Volume 1Rockwell & Churchill Press, 1911 - Bar associations |
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18 Tremont St 53 State St affidavit amended by striking American Bar Association Annual Meeting appeal auditor's report BAILEY Barristers Hall bill Boston cause chapter is hereby chapter one hundred Charles CHARLES E Clifford Commission Committee on Judicial Committee on Legislation Commonwealth Congress St costs Court House decree defendant Devonshire St dollars DUNBAR Exchange Bldg Executive Committee Fall River filed FREDERICK FRIEDMAN Henry HENRY H hereby amended inserting in place James John judgment Judicial Appointments jurisdiction jury fee lawyer Legislature Lowell lower court Main St Massachusetts Bar Association matter Milk St mittee motion Municipal Court NILES Old South Bldg party Pemberton Bldg place thereof plaintiff President Probate Court proposed read as follows recommendation Revised Laws ROBERT HOMANS Secretary Springfield sub-committee Superior Court Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Court thereof the words tion Tremont Bldg trial by jury trial justice vote WILLIAM H Worcester writ
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Page 24 - And, in my mind, he was guilty of no error, — he was chargeable with no exaggeration, — he was betrayed by his fancy into no metaphor, who once said, that all we see about us, King, Lords, and Commons, the whole machinery of the State, all the apparatus of the system, and its varied workings, end in simply bringing twelve good men into a box.
Page 10 - This Constitution may be altered or amended by a vote of two-thirds of the members present at...
Page 20 - And the said association is formed to cultivate the science of jurisprudence, to promote reform in the law, to facilitate the administration of justice, to elevate the standard of integrity, honor and courtesy in the legal profession, and to cherish the spirit of brotherhood among the members thereof.
Page 17 - Judge or any officer of the Court, or any other person and at any place, of any witness or person, and may empower any party to any such cause or matter to give such deposition in evidence therein on such terms, if any, as the Court or a Judge may direct.
Page 7 - Committee, to initiate legislation to carry the same into effect, also to observe the practical working of the judicial system of the State, and recommend by written or printed report, from time to time, any change therein which observation or experience may suggest.
Page 78 - The Court or a Judge may, in any cause or matter where it shall appear necessary for the purposes of justice, make any order for the examination upon oath before the Court or Judge or any officer of the Court, or any other person and at any place of any witness or person, and may empower any party to any such cause or matter to give such deposition in evidence therein on such terms, if any, as the Court or a Judge may direct.
Page 33 - The motion was seconded and unanimously carried. The President : The next business in order is the report of the Committee on Admissions.
Page 9 - At such Special Meeting no business shall be transacted except such as shall be specified in the notice thereof. At every meeting of the Association the presence of twenty-five members shall constitute a quorum.
Page 6 - Vice-Presidents, or (in the absence of all of them) one of the members shall preside at all meetings of the Association. The President shall be ex officio a member of the Executive Committee.
Page 52 - ... for a reduction of the amount of the attachment, or for its discharge ; and such justice shall order a notice to the plaintiff, returnable before himself or any other justice of the same court as speedily as circumstances permit.