Report of Proceedings of the ... Annual Session of the Georgia Bar Association, Volume 17Georgia Bar Association, 1901 List of members in each volume. |
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... this morning , and that they should go over for discussion until to - morrow's ses- sion . The President : The first report is that of the Committee on Jurisprudence and Law Reform , A. R. Lawton , 12 17 GEORGIA BAR ASSOCIATION .
... this morning , and that they should go over for discussion until to - morrow's ses- sion . The President : The first report is that of the Committee on Jurisprudence and Law Reform , A. R. Lawton , 12 17 GEORGIA BAR ASSOCIATION .
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... discussion of the various reports which have been and will be read . I may remark that there will be a good deal of discussion on some of the reports , and we have every reason to believe that it will be very interesting . Among other ...
... discussion of the various reports which have been and will be read . I may remark that there will be a good deal of discussion on some of the reports , and we have every reason to believe that it will be very interesting . Among other ...
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... discussion , they can do so . Mr. F. D. Peabody read the following paper : " THE DUMB ACT OF 1850. " Inasmuch as there are but few lawyers at the bar to - day in Georgia who practiced under the old régime , perhaps it would be of some ...
... discussion , they can do so . Mr. F. D. Peabody read the following paper : " THE DUMB ACT OF 1850. " Inasmuch as there are but few lawyers at the bar to - day in Georgia who practiced under the old régime , perhaps it would be of some ...
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... discussion for the Association ; to which discussion this paper is devoted . Prior to the adoption of the " Dumb Act " it was customary for a trial judge , in the exercise of his legal prerogative , in the trial of a cause , to sum up ...
... discussion for the Association ; to which discussion this paper is devoted . Prior to the adoption of the " Dumb Act " it was customary for a trial judge , in the exercise of his legal prerogative , in the trial of a cause , to sum up ...
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... discussion . In either event the course of wisdom is manifest , for why wait till danger is imminent or for an actual infringement before making a law preventing the possibility of infringement ? The right of trial by jury being held ...
... discussion . In either event the course of wisdom is manifest , for why wait till danger is imminent or for an actual infringement before making a law preventing the possibility of infringement ? The right of trial by jury being held ...
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Page 63 - Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Page 61 - And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell : 4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
Page 63 - Behold, here I am ; witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed ; whose ox have I taken ? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded ? whom have I oppressed ? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith ? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.
Page 192 - If the former part of the alternative be true, then a legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law ; if the latter part be true, then written constitutions are absurd attempts on the part of the people to limit a power in its own nature illimitable.
Page 195 - Agree with thine adversary quickly, while* thou art in the way with him ; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
Page 158 - And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Page 124 - If I were asked where I place the American aristocracy, I should reply without hesitation that it is not composed of the rich, who are united by no common tie, but that it occupies the judicial bench and the bar.
Page 96 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 98 - But all, the world's coarse thumb And finger failed to plumb, ' So passed in making up the main account ; All instincts immature, All purposes unsure, That weighed not as his work, yet swelled the man's amount : xxv.
Page 182 - Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all ; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.