Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...conventioners will, they sat and chatted about last night's parties and this morning's hangovers. Then suddenly they fell quiet. From the south end of the hall, the legal pageant of Britain began to emerge and debouch onto the stone steps that formed a stage-judges of the High Court of Justice in ermine-trimmed scarlet; Lords of Court of Appeal in black knee breeches and gold-braided gowns; Lord Goddard, 80 years old, Lord Chief Justice, wearing an extra S-shaped band of gold braid. Trainbearers, bearers of the standard and the mace, each entered...
...registration a guarantee that the Negro will get to vote. In Ouachita Parish, La. a nonprofit Citizens' Council was formed last year "to protect and preserve by all legal means our historical Southern social institutions." The parish (county) registrar let council members into her office when it was closed to the general public (nights, holidays, etc.), let them examine voting lists and draw up their own lists of some 3,500 Negro registrants. When the council members followed up by challenging the 3,500, the registrar ordered the Negroes to appear within ten days to prove their identity...
...Legal Tender. In Lima, Ohio, Duane Fett and a pal were fined $5 each for creating a disturbance when a gas-station attendant refused to sell them i/ worth of gasoline, explained they were settling a bet on whether a man could buy that much...
...Continuing an English legal tradition, Virginia still maintains Hustings Courts in Roanoke, Petersburg, Portsmouth and Richmond, which generally have concurrent jurisdiction with Circuit Courts, normally hear criminal cases arising within each city or the area one mile beyond the corporate limits...
...week's end Charles Dameron, blocked from further action by the absence of legal appeal, turned to Dori, a perky little girl who can reel off her ABCs and the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, as well as the contents of all 30 of her children's books. Said Dameron sadly: "Dori, the lady looked all around and couldn't find a baby brother...