The Brief: A Quarterly Magazine of the Law, Volume 5

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1905
 

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Page 320 - no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he may testify, or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, before said commission, or in obedience to its subpoena, or the subpoena
Page 28 - wounds, poor, poor dumb mouths, And bid them speak for me: But were I Brutus, And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony Would ruffle up your spirits and put a tongue In every wound of Caesar that should move The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny." The idea is further illustrated by a story relating to Lord Brougham and Mr. Scarlett:
Page 306 - Say, lady, an hour before sunup I was feeling wormy, and took a walk around the block.' Here is more Shakesperian rubbish: ' O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! ' Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night, ' As a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.' How much more forcible in clear, concise Triggsian:
Page 2 - Where the instrument contains or a person adds to his signature words indicating that he signs for or on behalf of a principal, or in a representative capacity, he is not liable on the instrument if he was duly authorized,
Page 15 - Where a drawee to whom a bill is delivered for acceptance destroys the same or refuses within twenty-four hours after such delivery, or within such other period as the holder may allow, to return the bill accepted or non-accepted to the holder, he will be deemed to have accepted the same.
Page 15 - Where a negotiable instrument is materially altered without the assent of all parties liable thereon, it is avoided, except as against a party who has himself made, authorized or assented to the alteration, and subsequent indorsers.
Page 141 - create a disputable presumption according to the matter directly determined between the same parties, and their representatives and successors in interest, by title subsequent to the commencement of the action or special proceeding, litigating for the same thing, under the same title, and in the same capacity. The
Page 265 - be allowed to disclose any information which he acquired in attending a patient in a professional capacity and which was necessary to enable him to act in that capacity. Code Civ. Pro., § 834,
Page 265 - be allowed to disclose a confession made to him in his professional character in the course of discipline enjoined by the rules or practice of the religious body to which he belongs. Code Civ. Pro., § 833,
Page 151 - I, do solemnly swear that I will support the constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of New York, and that I will faithfully discharge the

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