The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1988 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 394
... courts offered a more rational inquiry into what had happened by calling on people who had first- hand knowledge of the facts to be decided . This was the beginning of trial by jury . At first the jurors were neighbor - witnesses who ...
... courts offered a more rational inquiry into what had happened by calling on people who had first- hand knowledge of the facts to be decided . This was the beginning of trial by jury . At first the jurors were neighbor - witnesses who ...
Page 395
... courts . Just as the court of chancery developed its own body of substantive law , it also developed its own special procedure . It differed from com- mon law procedure in many respects , but the most striking contrast was the fact that ...
... courts . Just as the court of chancery developed its own body of substantive law , it also developed its own special procedure . It differed from com- mon law procedure in many respects , but the most striking contrast was the fact that ...
Page 396
... courts administering two separate bodies of substantive law by two differing procedures . Sometimes a litigant had to go to both of them in order to fully vindicate his legal rights , and sometimes he went to one only to learn that he ...
... courts administering two separate bodies of substantive law by two differing procedures . Sometimes a litigant had to go to both of them in order to fully vindicate his legal rights , and sometimes he went to one only to learn that he ...
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