 | Francis Lister Hawks - North Carolina - 1858 - 624 pages
...not required to be unanimous in their verdict; a majority might find a verdict. It was declared to " be a base and vile thing to plead for money or reward ;" and no one, unless he were a near kinsman, and not further removed in relationship than a cousin-german,... | |
 | Paul Hamilton Payne - Literature, Modern - 1859 - 610 pages
...an independent Senate. Again, one of the most curious provisions of Locke's constitutions is this: " It shall be a base and vile thing to plead for money or reward : nor shall any one (except he be near kinsman, not further off than cousingerman to the party concerned,)... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional law - 1863 - 548 pages
.....unnecessary litigation, it was (with a simplicity which at this time may excite a smile) provided that " it shall be a base and vile thing to plead for money or reward; " and that, " since multiplicity of comments, as well as of laws, have great inconveniences, and serve only to... | |
 | John Fulton - Constitutional history - 1864 - 582 pages
...the verdict of a majority was binding. With a view to prevent unnecessary litigation, it was provided that " it shall be a base and vile thing to plead for money or reward ;" and that, " since multiplicity of comments, as well as of laws, have great inconveniences, and serve only to... | |
 | Julia Perkins Cutler - Biography & Autobiography - 1890 - 384 pages
...or any part of the common or statute law of Carolina, are absolutely prohibited." Again he says : " It shall be a base and vile thing to plead for money or reward." Kentucky, in her infancy, adopted the resolutions of 1798. Those resolutions contained the seeds of... | |
 | 1894 - 676 pages
...chivalric ring, of a fine scorn to take advantage o( a fellow-man in dis tress, in the declaration that " it shall be a base and vile thing to plead for money or reward," and no one but a near kinsman was allowed to advocate another's cause in court until he had taken an oath... | |
 | American fiction - 1894 - 546 pages
...chivalric ring, of a fine scorn to take advantage of a fellow-man in dis tress, in the declaration that " it shall be a base and vile thing to plead for money or reward," and no one but a near kinsman was allowed to advocate another's cause in court until he had taken an oath... | |
 | American fiction - 1894 - 544 pages
...chivalric ring, of a fine scorn to take advantage of a fellow-man in dis tress, in the declaration that " it shall be a base and vile thing to plead for money or reward,'' and no one but a near kinsman was allowed to advocate another's cause in court until he had taken an oath... | |
 | History - 1894 - 744 pages
...the old law had long since been abrogated, the members of the South Carolina bar still deemed it " a base and vile thing to plead for money or reward,"' and it is not surprising that no one was found who would undertake the cause of the accused from feelings... | |
 | Hugh Edward Egerton - Great Britain - 1897 - 530 pages
...acres. In a country, which was to derive such lustre from its lawyers, it was solemnly declared, " it shall be a base and vile thing to plead for money or reward." To prevent the multiplication of laws, all statutes, at the end of 100 years, were to become repealed... | |
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It shall be a base and vile thing to plead for money or reward; nor shall any one (except he be a near kinsman, not farther off than cousin-german to the party concerned) be permitted to plead another man's cause, till, before the judge in open court,... 
