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Passport

subject to the recommendation and identification of the applicant by a person holding certain positions, e.g., J.P., barrister, solicitor, physician. Application should be made to the Passport Office, 1, Queen Anne's Gate Buildings, Dartmouth Street, Westminster, London,

Parliamentary Agent

the promotion of or opposition to private Bills, and otherwise in relation to private business in Parliament. A solicitor may act as a parliamentary agent. As to agents entitled to practise before Election Committees, see 31 &

Oral argument

oral argument is a must, The Common Law Tradition: Deciding Appeals, Karl No. Llewellyn, 240 (1960). Means an advocate's spoken presentation before a court (esp. an appellate court) supporting or opposing the legal relief at issue, Black's

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Opening statement

Opening statement, means at the outset of a trial, an advocate's statement giving the fact-finder a preview of the case and of the evidence to be presented, but not

Office

not holders of offices, Dr. Deorao Laxman Anande v. Keshav Laxman Borkar, AIR 1958 Bom 314 (316). An advocate appointed as a Special Government Pleader to assist the Government Pleader in a particular case does not hold

Notice to produce

other if produced, a notice to produce it at the trial may be served either upon him, his solicitor, or agent. The notice must specify the instrument with a particularity sufficient to inform the opposite party what

Notary or Notary Public

v. Victorian Society of Notaries, 1904, P. 180. In Scotland a notary public must now be a qualified solicitor unless he was admitted a notary public (English) prior to the year immediately following the passing of the

Quo warranto

quo warranto must be made by counsel; it cannot be made by an applicant in person, Re a Solicitor, (1903) 2 KB 205. If the defendant be adjudged guilty of an intrusion or usurpation, the Court may

Misconception of court

Misconception of court, misconception by the Court of a concession made by the advocate or of the attitude taken up by the party appears to be a ground analogous to the grounds

Misbehaviour

the scope of the Act or the statute under consideration. In the context of disciplinary proceedings against a solicitor, the word misconduct was construed as professional misconduct extending to conduct 'which shows him to be unworthy member

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