This distant territory was a Democratic stronghold, and acceptance of the post would have effectively ended his legal and political career in Illinois, so he declined and resumed his law practice.

Instead, it presumably refers to the practice of setting law books and citing legal precedents in blackletter type, a tradition that survived long after the switch to roman and italic text for other printed works.

* Bar ( law ), in a legal context has three possible meanings: the division of a courtroom between its working and public areas ; the process of qualifying to practice law ; and the legal profession

Ancient India represented a distinct tradition of law, and had an historically independent school of legal theory and practice.

The comparative study of the various legal systems may show how different legal regulations for the same problem function in practice.

Although the very act of codification was a radical innovation, given the precedent-based design of the Roman legal system, the jurists were generally conservative, and constantly looked to past Roman practice and theory for guidance.

In current US legal practice, in rem suits are primarily asset forfeiture cases, based on drug laws, as in USA v. $ 124, 700 ( 2006 ).

In the legal profession, graduates of almost all Canadian law schools receive the LLB degree and are not referred to as " doctor " ( in a growing number of Canadian law schools the degree of Juris Doctor is conferred, but the title is not used in practice ).

The terms de jure and de facto are used instead of " in law " and " in practice ", respectively, when one is describing political or legal situations.

In law, frivolous litigation is the practice of starting or carrying on law suits that, due to their lack of legal merit, have little to no chance of being won.

Slaw, the Canadian legal co-operative, offered this advice to lawyers just starting out in practice, especially those who are trying to pay off student loans, " The GnuCash software ... should present a great alternative for lawyers looking for a solid accounting system at low cost.

Two bodies oversee the administration of the college, the Board of Corporators and the Board of Trustees ; while the Corporators are the official legal owners of the college, in practice most authority is delegated to the Trustees, who are elected by the Corporators.

Some governors-general are considered de facto heads of state because, though not the de jure ( juridical or legal ) head of state, in practice they function like a head of state in most or all jurisdictions.

Customary international law is derived from the consistent practice of States accompanied by opinio juris, i. e. the conviction of States that the consistent practice is required by a legal obligation.

While in theory insurers could encourage investment in loss reduction, some commentators have argued that in practice insurers had historically not aggressively pursued loss control measures-particularly to prevent disaster losses such as hurricanes-because of concerns over rate reductions and legal battles.

Monroe was not particularly interested in legal theory or practice, but chose to take it up because he thought that it offered " the most immediate rewards " and could ease his path to wealth, social standing, and political influence.

His involvement in nationalist politics would gradually replace his legal practice in the coming years.

There is not a United States constitutional right under the Seventh Amendment to a jury trial in state courts, but in practice, almost every state except Louisiana, which has a civil law legal tradition, permits jury trials in civil cases in state courts on substantially the same basis that they are allowed under the Seventh Amendment in federal court.

In 1949, the former lawyer of many Supreme Court cases, St-Laurent ended the practice of appealing Canadian legal cases to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of Great Britain, making the Supreme Court of Canada the highest avenue of legal appeal available to Canadians.

Modern Jewish legal practice ( halakha ) on kashrut classifies the flesh of both mammals and birds as " meat "; fish are considered to be parve, neither meat nor a dairy food.

The controversial amendments, which Mauritanian authorities declared had been signed " outside the legal framework of normal practice, to the great detriment of our country ", could cost Mauritania up to $ 200 million a year, according to BBC News.

In this, the emperor was assisted by five chief lawyers: L. Fulvius Aburnius Valens, an author of legal treatises ; L. Volusius Maecianus, chosen to conduct the legal studies of Marcus Aurelius, and author of a large work on Fidei Commissa ( Testamentary Trusts ); L. Ulpius Marcellus, a prolific writer ; and two others.

Columbia Records released one single from the project (" Yellow Balloon ") as did the song's writer, Gary Zekley, with The Yellow Balloon, but with legal wrangles scuttling Torrence's Columbia deal and Berry's disapproval of the project, Save for a Rainy Day remained a self-released album on the J & D Record Co. label.

* Steve Martini ( born 1946 ), American legal suspense writer

Historically, common law courts relied little on legal scholarship ; thus, at the turn of the twentieth century, it was very rare to see an academic writer quoted in a legal decision ( except perhaps for the academic writings of prominent judges such as Coke and Blackstone ).

** Scipione Gentili, law professor and legal writer ( b. 1563 )

In August 2007, he along with co-producers Rita Wilson and Gary Goetzman, and writer and star Nia Vardalos, initiated a legal action against the production company Gold Circle Films for their share of profits from the movie.

American writer Don Liddick writes that PETA gave $ 1, 500 to the Earth Liberation Front in 2001 — Newkirk said the donation was a mistake, and that the money had been intended for public education about destruction of habitat, but Liddick writes that it went to the legal defense of Craig Rosebraugh, an ELF spokesman.

* Samuel Livermore ( legal writer ) ( c. 1786 – 1833 ), a New Orleans lawyer known for his treatises on agency law and conflict of laws

A legal writer uses an introductory signal to tell readers how her citation to legal authority supports, or does not support, her written proposition.

This was only revived in the 18th century when the legal writer and Wallingford resident, William Blackstone, established two turnpike roads through the town.

* William Blackstone, legal writer

* Michael Robert Cavendish ( born c. 1972 ), legal ethics writer and theorist

* David Allen Green, lawyer and legal writer

* Stephen Alexander Smith — former Fellow ( 1991 — 1998 ), legal scholar and writer.

* John Williams ( barrister ) ( 1757 – 1810 ), Welsh barrister and legal writer

He was born at Grenoble of a legal family, and, like his elder brother, the well-known political writer, abbé de Mably, took holy orders ( 1733 – 1740 ) at Saint-Sulpice in Paris and became Abbot of Mureau.

Marxist Nobel-Prize-winning existentialist philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre called the trial " a legal lynching which smears with blood a whole nation.

* May 26-Ahmet Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman historian and legal writer ( born 1822 )

Fumento has been a nationally syndicated columnist for the Scripps Howard News Service, a legal writer for the Washington Times, a science correspondent for Reason magazine, editorial writer for the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, and was the first “ National Issues ” reporter for Investor ’ s Business Daily.

His father, Thomas Jevons, a man of strong scientific tastes and a writer on legal and economic subjects, was an iron merchant.