Wilde dropped the libel case when Queensberry's lawyers informed the court that they intended to call several male prostitutes as witnesses to testify that they had had sex with Wilde.

The rules had been drawn up by John Graham Chambers but appeared under Queensberry's sponsorship and are universally known at the " Marquess of Queensberry rules ".

Queensberry foolishly entered into the intrigue with him against Atholl, but when Lovat had gone to France with a pass from Queensberry the affair was betrayed to Atholl by Robert Ferguson, and resulted in Queensberry's discomfiture.

The courtesy title used by Lord Queensberry's eldest son and heir is Viscount Drumlanrig.

Like Oscar Wilde, he was hounded by John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry for his association with one of Queensberry's sons — Francis Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig who was his private secretary.

The intrigue was disclosed by Robert Ferguson, and Atholl sent a memorial to the Queen on the subject, which resulted in Queensberry's downfall.

Humphreys applied for a warrant for Queensberry's arrest and approached Sir Edward Clarke and Charles Willie Mathews to represent Wilde.

Sir Edward Carson, Lord Queensberry's counsel, used quotes from the novel against Wilde and questioned him about his associations with young working men.

Wilde and Alexander learned of the plan, and the latter cancelled Queensberry's ticket and arranged for policemen to bar his entrance.

Wilde sued for criminal libel, leading to Queensberry's arrest.

Humphreys asked Wilde directly whether there was any truth to Queensberry's allegations of homosexual activity between Wilde and Douglas, to which Wilde replied in the negative.

Ferguson's lawyers claimed prison guards showed him the headlines of newspaper stories about Pataki and claimed Ferguson was " headed for electrocution sometime soon ".

This agency, created by lawyers who had no previous experience in show business, was headed by Leonard Baun, an attorney Ballard later fired and sued upon discovering he was already facing multiple charges of embezzlement.

She headed the Department of Justice which has a staff of over 1, 000, of whom about 290 are lawyers.

Ziad Al-khasawneh is a Jordanian lawyer who headed a team of twenty-two defense lawyers for former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

At trial, the students were represented by a group of 13 lawyers, headed by Z. Alexander Looby.

A group of 13 lawyers, headed by Z. Alexander Looby, represented the students.

Rudy, having just passed the bar exam, has never argued a case before a judge or jury but now finds himself up against experienced and ruthless lawyers from a large firm, headed by Leo F. Drummond.

For lawyers, reflecting perhaps their parochial preferences, there has been a special fascination since then in the role played by the Supreme Court in that transformation -- the manner in which its decisions altered in `` the switch in time that saved nine '', President Roosevelt's ill-starred but in effect victorious `` Court-packing plan '', the imprimatur of judicial approval that was finally placed upon social legislation.

The solutions were not arrived at by any theoreticians of the Karl Marx stripe but by men of government -- lawyers, most of them -- and men of business.

This conception was taken up by the early Church Fathers and by canon lawyers and theologians in the Middle Ages ; ;

Boston has been controlled by a few capitalists, lawyers and other managers, who told the editors what to say and the preachers what to think ''.

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.

In Ireland the oath was imposed of state office holders, teachers and lawyers, and on clergy of the established church in from 1703, the following year it was on all Irish voters and from 1709 it can be demanded from any adult male by a magistrate.

Eager to end the case without further scandal, Chaplin's lawyers agreed to a cash settlement of $ 600, 000 — the largest awarded by American courts at that time.

The ALI Restatements are often cited by American courts and lawyers for propositions of uncodified common law, and are considered highly persuasive authority, just below binding precedential decisions.

For lawyers and judges, the calendar is the docket used by the court to schedule the order of hearings or trials.

An example of high-skilled consultants include lawyers and accountants who may not be employed by a corporation, but have their own firms or practices.

An increasing number of lawyers are choosing to be recognized as having special knowledge and experience by becoming certified specialists in certain fields of law.

The duo, usually led by Ray, are known for rants on the evils of the internal combustion engine, people who talk on cell phones while driving, Peugeots, women named Donna who always seem to drive Camaros, lawyers, the clever use of the English language, and practically anything else, including themselves.

The title of doctor has not customarily been used to address lawyers in England or other common law countries because until 1846 lawyers in England were not required to have a university degree and were trained by other attorneys by apprenticeship or in the Inns of Court.

* Marriage of the River Thames to the Rhine ( masque performed by Gray's Inn and Inner Temple lawyers on the river and in Westminster Hall in celebration of the marriage of Princess Elizabeth to Prince Frederick, Elector Palatine ) ( 1613 )

In the Request for Further Information procedure, use of standard pre-printed forms is not common, and any such request would almost certainly be looked upon critically by the courts, as use of standard forms rather than requests tailored specifically to the case is likely to offend against the ' Overriding Objective ' in that it is unlikely to be proportionate to the case, and instead result in the parties or their lawyers having to spend time, money and resources in answering the questions.

A revised second draft was made by three lawyers, A. Beham, A. Hintzheimer and Z. E.

Short-term and long-term disability policies are available to individuals, but considering the expense, long-term policies are generally obtained only by those with at least six-figure incomes, such as doctors, lawyers, etc.

Individuals with an interest in the proceedings, such as relatives of the deceased, individuals appearing as witnesses, and organisations or individuals who may face some responsibility in the death of the individual, may be represented by lawyers at the discretion of the coroner.

Thus, Queen Victoria and subsequent monarchs were able to appoint leading lawyers to adjudicate in the House of Lords by making them life peers.

With the help of lawyers in August 1937 he was successful in claiming a pension ; he received a cash settlement for his house, which had been taken over by the city of Cologne ; his unpaid mortgage, penalties and taxes were waived.

Apart from this people working in law are usually described as " lawyers " or solicitors if they are practicing law, or as belonging to a more specific branch of the legal profession, such as barrister, advocate, legal executive, judge or law professor.

However, in Canada, New Zealand and most Australian states, the legal profession is now for practical purposes " fused ", allowing lawyers to hold the title of " barrister and solicitor " and practice as both.

In the English-speaking common law jurisdictions of Canada, the profession of barrister and solicitor have been fused ; all those called to the bar are lawyers, and admitted as solicitors.

The United States legal system does not draw a distinction between lawyers who plead in court and those who do not, unlike many other common law jurisdictions ( such as England and Wales, which distinguishes between solicitors and barrister, or, in Scotland, advocates ), and civil law jurisdictions ( such as Italy and France, which distinguish between advocates and civil law notaries ).

" Additionally, Claiborne was noted for being one of only a few American lawyers to have been admitted as an English barrister, and also for being one of even a smaller number of English barristers to have argued before the United States Supreme Court.

Woolf had read books about lawyers and wanted to be a barrister.

His father was formerly a solicitor and barrister and was later appointed a Circuit Court Judge and some of his brothers ( John and Michael another brother is a practising General practitioner Dr. Tim Gleeson ) also work as lawyers ( Senior Counsel ).