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Canons of ethics






Canons of ethics

Standards of ethical conduct for attorneys.

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Conduct
Law of nations. This term is used in the phrase safe conduct, to signify the security given, by authority of the government, under the great seal, to a stranger, for his quietly coming into and passing out of the territories over which it has jurisdiction.



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Canon
Ecclesiastical law. This word is taken from the Greek, and signifies a rule or law. In ecelesiastical law, it is also used to designate an order of religious persons.

Canon
Canon means a rule or particularily a body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a certain field, here referred to the law field.

Canon law
The canon law is a body of Roman ecclesiastical law, relative to such matters as that church either has or pretends to have the proper jurisdiction over:

Canonist
One well versed in canon or ecclesiastical law.

Canons of descent or canons of inheritance
The rules which regulate the descent of inheritances; the rules according to which estates are transmitted from ancestor to heir.



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Candidate
One who offers himself or is offered by others for an office.

Canon
Ecclesiastical law. This word is taken from the Greek, and signifies a rule or law. In ecelesiastical law, it is also used to designate an order of religious persons.

Canon law
The canon law is a body of Roman ecclesiastical law, relative to such matters as that church either has or pretends to have the proper jurisdiction over:

Canonist
One well versed in canon or ecclesiastical law.

Canons of descent or canons of inheritance
The rules which regulate the descent of inheritances; the rules according to which estates are transmitted from ancestor to heir.

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Capacity
This word, in the law sense, denotes some ability, power, qualifi- cation, or competency of persons, natural, or artificial, for the performance of civil acts, depending on their state or condition, as defined or fixed by law; as, the capacity to devise, to bequeath, to grant or convey lands; to take; or to take. and hold lands to make a contract, and the like.

Capax
Latin. Receiving or containing: able, fit for; having capacity.

Capax doli
Capable of committing crime. This is said of one who has sufficient mind and understanding to be made responsible for his actions.

Cape
English law. A judicial writ touching a plea of lands and tenements.

Capere
Latin. To take, seize; to arrest.

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