Court of Appeals Practice; The Rules of the Court of Appeals of the State of New York: In Force January 1, 1895. Practice and Admission of Attorneys

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ... year's study of law in this State; the addition of advanced English, algebra and economics to the subjects of the Regents' examination; permission to the Regents to accept certain equivalents as substitutes for their examination, with the validation of certificates previously issued by the Regents upon equivalents instead of an actual examination: and the ric;ht to examination and admission in any Judicial Department of the State, instead of the former restriction to the department of which the applicant was at the time a resident. By the terms of the amendment of 1894 to section 56 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the determination of the fact of compliance with the rules regulating admission to practice, precedent to examination for admission, is vested in the State Board of Law Examiners. On December 6,1894, the following order was made by the Court of Appeals: ORDER AMENDING RULES. In The Court Of Appeals, December 6, 1894. j Ordered, That Rule VIII of the Rules of Practice to take effect January 1, 1895, be amended by adding at the end thereof the following, to-wit: "Every cause shall be deemed to be submitted to such judges as may be absent at the time of argument, unless objection to such submission by counsel arguing the cause be then made." Ordered, That Rule IX of the Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors, to take effect January 1, 1895, be amended by striking out therefrom the words "and entitled to be admitted to the bar may be so admitted." Judges absent from argument. The authority for a judge of the Court of Appeals to consider and take part in the decision of a cause argued in his absence is implied by the exception of the judges of that court from the general prohibition contained in the following clause of...