Clerks using this standard were usually familiar with French and Latin, influencing the forms they chose. |
Clerks in the Solicitor's Office are examined also in conveyancing, and in the general principles of equity and common law. |
Clerks preside over marriages as justices of the peace commissioned by the Governor's Council, and are not required to publicly disclose earnings from performing marriages. |
As a result, the Court of Chancery Act 1842 was passed in the same year that abolished the office of the Six Clerks completely. |
Clerks from both of their firms circled around the trash-talking combatants, as if this were some kind of Wall Street rumble. |
The government had initially intended the 1832 bill to go further and abolish the Six Clerks, but the Clerks successfully lobbied to prevent this. |