The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford; the Hon. Sir Dudley North; and the Hon. and Rev. Dr. John North: Together with the Autobiography of the Author, Volume 11890 |
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... court often condescended to discourse with the serjeants about the discretion of their pleas and the consequences with respect to their clients . And the court did all they could to prevent errors and oversights . And reason good ; for ...
... court often condescended to discourse with the serjeants about the discretion of their pleas and the consequences with respect to their clients . And the court did all they could to prevent errors and oversights . And reason good ; for ...
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... court is wrangling about pro- cess and amendments ; whereof the latter had been mostly prevented , if the court ( as formerly ) had considered the first acts of the cause at the bar when offered by the ser- jeants . And this way also ...
... court is wrangling about pro- cess and amendments ; whereof the latter had been mostly prevented , if the court ( as formerly ) had considered the first acts of the cause at the bar when offered by the ser- jeants . And this way also ...
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... courts himself and wrote all his court rolls and made out his copies with his own hands ; for he pretended to no clerk then . His grandfather had a venerable old steward , careful by nature and faithful to his lord , employing all his ...
... courts himself and wrote all his court rolls and made out his copies with his own hands ; for he pretended to no clerk then . His grandfather had a venerable old steward , careful by nature and faithful to his lord , employing all his ...
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... court to send down readers , to moot in the inns dependent on them ) and also in the hall ; and not perfunctorily ... court for seven years ; and after being called , he was not to practice publicly in court until he had been called ...
... court to send down readers , to moot in the inns dependent on them ) and also in the hall ; and not perfunctorily ... court for seven years ; and after being called , he was not to practice publicly in court until he had been called ...
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... court as a student to take notes , he did the same stand- ing at the bar ; and if chance or a friend brought a motion , of course it was welcome . 34. The exhibition allowed his lordship by his father , was at first sixty pounds per ...
... court as a student to take notes , he did the same stand- ing at the bar ; and if chance or a friend brought a motion , of course it was welcome . 34. The exhibition allowed his lordship by his father , was at first sixty pounds per ...
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Page 286 - When he was in temper and matters indifferent came before him, he became his seat of justice better than any other I ever saw in his place. He took a pleasure in mortifying fraudulent attorneys, and would deal forth his severities with a sort of majesty. He had extraordinary natural abilities, but little acquired beyond what practice in affairs had supplied. He talked fluently and with spirit ; and his weakness was that he could not reprehend without scolding ; and in such Billingsgate language as...