Word: writs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sweep circus rings between acts, the Oakmont gangsters watched early arrivals take trial gouges here and there in the 6,860-yard course. An early comer was George Von Elm of Los Angeles, runner-up last year at the Merion Cricket Club (Philadelphia) to Champion Bobby Jones. Deliberation writ upon his countenance and grim revenge, Von Elm played four rounds, including a 72 with a 7 in it, then took Mrs. Von Elm over to Manhattan where he bided his hour...
...days of the happy and cosmopolitan Jubilee are gone forever. It is impossible at present to effect an entrance without a birth certificate, a marriage license, or a writ of habeas corpus. Freshmen themselves can't get in. The rules have become so rigid that every year a small crime wave sweeps over Cambridge at Jubilee time. The following incidents were the result of last Friday's festivities...
...Supreme Court of the U. S. the mooted question of whether a criminal case can be thrown out of court because of the presence in the Grand Jury room of an official sten ographer to report the indictment proceedings. This point will be raised as the result of a writ of error in the case of George A. Storrs and others, charged with using the mails to defraud, Which was dismissed in the District Court of Utah because of the presence in the Grand Jury room of an official stenographer. Some state courts have held that official stenographers have...
...Writ in Latin, called "degree...
...together with the Attorney General, is a standing committee of the House of Lords. Its power is very great?in fact final, so far as the House of Lords is concerned. The King, who is still the fountain of honor, can himself recognize a peerage claim by issuing a writ of summons to the claimant, but he never does so now. If he did, the House could not refuse the peer a seat; but, could?and doubtless would, if it disproved the King's action?refuse to grant him the precedence to which the date of his dignity entitled...