Word: legalisms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...right to the motto which encircles his left calf whenever he dons the famed insignia? of the Order of The Garter: "Honi soit qui mal y pense." At any rate he stood at ease, with royal dignity, as those approached who were to confer upon him "the legal right to practice medicine, midwifery and surgery...
...honor. And the class of '89 is a distinguished class in its own right, patriarch or none. Of its 120 mem bers, there were at one-and-the sametime 17 occupying seats on benches of the judiciary. It has contributed 27 district attorneys and corporation counsels to our legal aristocracy. Lately it has styled itself "famous class"* without fear of contradiction...
...therefore unfortunate that Foreign Minister Saenz employs a legal fallacy in refuting the American allegation that Mexico has violated, by her land laws, a treaty of the Obregon administration, known as the Claims Commission agreement. Mr. Saenz replies that the Mexican courts will protect the treaty against any legislative infringement that may have occurred, as soon as a pertinent case arises for adjudication: It is the prevailing interpretation, however, that, as far as a nation's courts are concerned, a law subsequent to and infringing a treaty is valid, just as an ordinary repeal is valid. And all that...
...interests of "lost heirs" who may be starving at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 2) The virtual abolition of the law of primogeniture, as part of a general equalization of the rights of younger sons and females on a par with eldest sons. 3) The abrogation of such quaint but archaic legal curiosities as "gavelkind," "Borough English" and "copyhold." "Grand and petty sergeantry," however, has not been tampered with. In consequence, the Dukes of Wellington will continue to hold the estate of Strathfieldsaye from the King in consideration of the presentation to him of a British flag, annually, on the anniversary...
Married. Miss Susan Brandeis, able barrister, daughter of Justice Brandeis of the U. S. Supreme Court, and partner in the legal firm of Benjamin S. Kirsh, to one Jacob H. Gilbert, likewise a Manhattan lawyer; at the meeting house of the Society for Ethical Culture, Manhattan...