Hortensius: Or, The Advocate: An Historical EssayJ. Murray, 1849 - 495 páginas |
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... Practice in Civil Actions . Sentence upon Socrates . - Procedure in Criminal Trials . — Rule as to hearsay Evidence.— Dying Declarations.— Use of Torture amongst the Ancients . - - Case of Peacham in - - ― - Reign of James I. — Cruel ...
... Practice in Civil Actions . Sentence upon Socrates . - Procedure in Criminal Trials . — Rule as to hearsay Evidence.— Dying Declarations.— Use of Torture amongst the Ancients . - - Case of Peacham in - - ― - Reign of James I. — Cruel ...
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... Practice . His Theory of the perfect Orator . — Knowledge re- quisite for an Advocate . - Quotations from D'Aguesseau and Barrow . - Cicero more frequently for the Defence than the Prosecution . - Trial of Sextius Roscius on the Charge ...
... Practice . His Theory of the perfect Orator . — Knowledge re- quisite for an Advocate . - Quotations from D'Aguesseau and Barrow . - Cicero more frequently for the Defence than the Prosecution . - Trial of Sextius Roscius on the Charge ...
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... Practice of the Ancients . - D'Aguesseau on the Causes of the Decline of Elo- quence . Great Privilege of Speech accorded to Advocates . - Extent and Limits of their Privilege . Curious Instance of professional immunity claimed by Cook ...
... Practice of the Ancients . - D'Aguesseau on the Causes of the Decline of Elo- quence . Great Privilege of Speech accorded to Advocates . - Extent and Limits of their Privilege . Curious Instance of professional immunity claimed by Cook ...
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... practice in the courts . With a system so full of technicalities as the English law , where precedents govern with an iron sway , and the citation . of them constitutes by far the greatest part of every legal argument ; and in an age ...
... practice in the courts . With a system so full of technicalities as the English law , where precedents govern with an iron sway , and the citation . of them constitutes by far the greatest part of every legal argument ; and in an age ...
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... practice was not uniform , but the rule generally seems to have been , that a speaker was not allowed to appear as an advocate , unless he had some interest in the cause himself . Thus , when Demosthenes defended Ctesiphon in the ...
... practice was not uniform , but the rule generally seems to have been , that a speaker was not allowed to appear as an advocate , unless he had some interest in the cause himself . Thus , when Demosthenes defended Ctesiphon in the ...
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accused acquitted action advocate afterwards amongst ancient Antiphon Antony appear Athenian Athens behalf Brut Cæsar called Cato cause century charge Cicero client Clodius comitium conduct consul conviction Coponius counsel court of equity courts of justice courts of law Crassus criminal Curius death defended Demosthenes dicasts duty edicts eloquence English law equity fact favour former France friends Galba give guilty Hist honour Hortensius instance judges judicial Julius Cæsar jury jus civile king Lælius latter lawyer learned Lord Lysias mode murder Murena Niebuhr occasion offence opinion Orat parliament party person plaintiff plead plebs Pompey populus practice prætor prisoner profession prosecution question Quintilian reason republic Roman law Rome Roscius Rostra says Scævola seems senate slaves speak speaker speech Sulpicius Tacitus thing tion torture trial tribunal truth Twelve Tables Usucapio verdict wife witnesses
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