 | United States. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on the judiciary - 1938 - 174 pages
...of the United States and for the courts of the District of Columbia, the forms of process, written pleadings and motions, and the practice and procedure in civil actions at law. These rules go far beyond such authorization and undertake to legislate against the substantive rights... | |
 | United States - 1965 - 860 pages
...723b, 723c, now § 2072] gives the Supreme Court "the power to prescribe, by general rules • • * the forms of process, writs, pleadings, and motions,...the practice and procedure in civil actions at law." Such rules, however, must not abridge, enlarge, or modify substantive rights. In Kohl v. United States,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court. Advisory Committee on Rules for Civil Procedure - 1944 - 140 pages
...1064), 28 USC §§ 723b, 723c] gives the Supreme Court "the power to prescribe, by general rules . . . the forms of process, writs, pleadings, and motions,...the practice and procedure in civil actions at law." Such rules, however, must not abridge, enlarge or modify substantive rights. In Kohl v. United States... | |
 | Austin Wakeman Scott, Sidney Post Simpson - 1946 - 998 pages
...(1878) § 914, 28 USC § 724. The Conformity Act was originally enacted June 1. 1872. 17 Stat. 197. Columbia, the forms of process, writs, pleadings,...the practice and procedure in civil actions at law. Said rules shall neither abridge, enlarge, nor modify the substantive rights of any litigant.1 They... | |
 | 1947 - 638 pages
...courts of the United States and for the courts of the District of Columbia, the forms of process, write, pleadings, and motions, and the practice and procedure in civil actions at law. Said rules shall neither abridge, enlarge, nor modify the substantive rights of any litigant. They... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1974 - 460 pages
...power to prescribe by general rule for the District Courts of the United States and for the Courts of the District of Columbia, the forms of process, writs,...the practice and procedure in civil actions at law. Said rule shall neither abridge, enlarge, nor modify the substantive rights of any litigant" The language... | |
 | United States. Department of Justice - 1933 - 1506 pages
...to prescribe, by general rules, for the district courts of the United States and for the courts of the District of Columbia, the forms of process, writs,...the practice and procedure in civil actions at law. Said rules shall neither abridge, enlarge, nor modify the substantive rights of any litigant. They... | |
 | Karen Markle Knab - 1977 - 546 pages
...drafted in l973. [§§4-8, 9, l56] . The supreme judicial court has power to prescribe, by general rules, the forms of process, writs, pleadings and motions,...the practice and procedure in civil actions at law [§4-8] ; and to prescribe rules of evidence in civil and criminal actions. [§4-9-a] . FINANCING AND... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice - 1985 - 470 pages
...to prescribe, by general rules, for the district courts of the United States and for the courts of the District of Columbia, the forms of process, writs,...the practice and procedure in civil actions at law. Said rules shall neither abridge, enlarge, nor modify the substantive 'South Bend v. Turner, 156 Ind.... | |
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Be it enacted * * * That the Supreme Court of the United States shall have the power to prescribe, by general rules, for the district courts of the United States and for the courts of the District of Columbia, the forms of process, writs, pleadings, and... 
