Proceedings ..., Том 18

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New York State Bar Association, 1895
 

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Сторінка 187 - ... there shall be in this State hereafter, but one form of action, for the enforcement or protection of private rights and the redress or prevention of private wrongs, which shall be denominated a civil action.
Сторінка 17 - 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 a spirit of brotherhood among the members thereof.
Сторінка 211 - If there was such proof, whether there was, upon all the evidence, such a preponderance of proof, against the existence of any of those facts, that the verdict of a jury, affirming the existence thereof, rendered in an action in the supreme court, triable by a jury, would be set aside by the court, as against the weight of evidence.
Сторінка 43 - Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him * Arthur Young's Trtnelt m francl, ml. ip 88. « Ibid. p. 61. a nine years lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert.
Сторінка 54 - ... may to-morrow, if it pleases, absolutely repeal the statute of wills and that of descents and distributions and declare that upon the death of a party, his property shall be applied to the payment of his debts, and the residue appropriated to public uses.
Сторінка 113 - States, there still remains a very large amount of commerce, perhaps the largest, which, being trade or traffic between citizens of the same State, is beyond the control of Congress.
Сторінка 262 - ... left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich — left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression — left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence...
Сторінка 21 - TO CULTIVATE THE SCIENCE OF JURISPRUDENCE. TO PROMOTE REFORM IN THE LAW, TO FACILITATE THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, TO ELEVATE THE STANDARDS OF INTEGRITY, HONOR AND COURTESY IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND TO CHERISH A SPIRIT OF BROTHERHOOD AMONG THE MEMBERS THEREOF.
Сторінка 165 - ... inaugurated in 1889 by the State of New York, and that Michigan was one of the first of the States to follow and appoint a commission. Like all legal reforms, progress in this one has been slow. Twenty-two States have appointed commissions, as follows: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois...
Сторінка 17 - Judges of the Court of Appeals and justices of the Supreme Court, may be removed by concurrent resolution of both houses of the Legislature, if two-thirds of all the members elected to each house concur therein.

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