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pro hac vice

pro hac vice [Latin] : for this occasion [a motion to admit the attorney pro hac vice as counsel of record "Huff v. State, 622 So. 2d 982 (1993)"] used esp. when

Barrister

counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor See Attorney

Court-martial

(ibid. s. 128, and Rules of Procedure, r. 73). There are general, district, and regimental courts-martial. See JUDGE ADVOCATE. Their jurisdiction does not, however, exempt any officer or soldier from being proceeded against by the ordinary course

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Appearance

likewise in appeal or on attachment; but in indictments or informations for misdemeanours, the accused might appear by attorney; and in misdemeanours generally after the accused had once appeared, the trial might proceed in his absence, 2

Back title letter

Back title letter, means a letter from a title insurer advising an attorney of the condition of title to land as of a certain date. With this information, the attorney can

Bar, trial at

(see as to this, Dixon v. Farrar, Sec. of Board of Trade, (1886) 18 QBD 43), when the Attorney-General may demand it as of right. The procedure for obtaining it is regulated by Rules 150-155 of the

Barrister, or Barrastor

said that the rule of etiquette was beneficial, and ought to be maintained; and the correspondence between the Attorney-General and Mr. Yerburgh, M.P. (Solicitors' Journal, July 7, 1888), where, however, an important distinction is drawn between contentious

Bill of costs

Bill of costs, an account of the charges and disbursements of an attorney or solicitor incurred in the conduct of his client's business. It must be delivered, signed, to the client,

Cognovit actionem

judgment. By the (English) Debtors Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 62), s. 24, a warrant of attorney to confess judgment in any personal action, or cognovit actionem given by any person, is not of any

appearance

appearance 1 : the presentation of oneself in court as a party to or as an attorney for a party to a lawsuit ;also : a document filed in court by an attorney declaring his

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