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Justices

the case of justices residing within seven miles of the county. The Act of 1906 also allows a solicitor, if otherwise qualified, to be appointed a county justice (reproduced by (English) Solicitors Act, 1932 (22 & 23

Advocates, Faculty of

He takes precedence of all other members of the Bar except the Lord Advocate; these two and the Solicitor-General for Scotland in Court sit within the Bar. Before 1897 only the Law Officers and Deans of Faculty

Attorney-General

of patents on appeal from the Comptroller, though in practice this work is more usually undertaken by the Solicitor-General (q.v.). See LETTERS-LATENT. The Attorney-General is almost invariably a member of the House of Commons, and is appointed

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Bill of sale

amendments were these:-The period within which to register was altered from 21 to seven days. Attestation by a solicitor is required, who is to state in the attestation that the effect of the bill of sale has

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, one calendar

Commissioners for Oaths

to take affidavits for one shilling fee concerning Common Law actions. The Masters in Chancery were succeeded by solicitors under 16 & 17 Vict. c. 78, appointed by the Lord Chancellor, the fee being one shilling and

Interest

a direct financial interest and included membership of a panel such as the panel of which the claimant's solicitors were members that, therefore, the Claimant's Solicitors had had an interest in recommending the insurance which they recommend

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

Actor

called adversarius, but either party might be called so with respect to the other. Also a proctor or advocate in civil Courts or causes. Actor dominicus, a term often used for the lord's bailiff or attorney. Actor

Falsification

for money or money's worth to a purchaser of land or chattels real or personal, or for his solicitor or other agent to conceal from the purchaser any instrument or incumbrance material to the title or to

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