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Session, Court of, in Scotland
of the judges is in the Crown. No on can be appointed who has not served as an advocate or principal clerk of session for five years, or a writer to the signet for ten years. reference
Service
1883, Ord. IX., which by r. 1 dispenses wit service, when (as is usual) the defendant, by his solicitor, agrees to accept service, and enters an appearance. By r. 2, service, when required, must be personal, unless
Scale
An instrument for weighing 4. In the practice of English Supreme Court of Judicature, the fee charged by solicitor for a particular type of case, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1345.
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Roman Catholics
7 & 8 Wm. 3, c. 24, effected (until 1791) exclusion from the profession of barrister, attorney, or solicitor by requiring a declaration against Transubstantiation under 25 Car. 2, c. 2. Roman Catholic disabilities have now been
Renewal of lease
apart from renewal. Every assignment or devolution of the term is to be registered with the lessor, his solicitor, or agent, within six months at a fee of a guinea in substitution for similar covenants (if any)
Relevancy and admissibility
which are relevant may not be admissible, for example, communication made by spouses during marriage or between an Advocate and his client though relevant are not admissible; so also facts which are admissible may not be relevant,
Relator
rights of the Crown were not immediately concerned, who was responsible for costs; he must have given the solicitor a written authority to file the information, 15 & 16 Vict. c. 86, s. 11. For the former
Receiver
A receiver so appointed is the agent of the mortgagor. A practising barrister may be a receiver; a solicitor in the cause cannot, unless by consent, and without salary; nor next friends of infant-plaintiffs; nor trustees. A
King's proctor
King's proctor, the proctor or solicitor representing the Crown in the Probate and Divorce Court. In proper cases it is his duty to intervene
Character
offence is evidence of his guilt of the offence charged; or (ii.) 'he has personally or by his advocate asked questions of the witnesses for the prosecution with a view to establish his own good character, or
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