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COURT RULES.

SUPREME COURT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.

May Session, 1901.

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ENTRY OF ACTIONS.

3. No case will be entered until fifteen printed copies of the reserved case, bill of exceptions, petition, or appeal, shall have been filed with the clerk and the entry fee paid him.

The case should state succinctly all facts necessary for a decision of the questions of law transferred. All documents, records and notes of testimony made a part of a case should be printed, and copies of all plans referred to in the case should be annexed thereto, unless the presiding justice, for good

cause shown, otherwise orders. Stenographer's notes of testimony should not be made a part of the case unless there is special necessity for it.

COPIES, BRIEFS, ETC.

4. Said copies and all briefs, copies, and other papers furnished to the court by counsel shall be printed on one side only of half sheets of paper, as near as conveniently may be 8x10 inches in size, with a filing stating the case, the nature of the paper, and the party and counsel furnishing the same.

5. The clerk will enter upon the copies the date of the entry of the case and its number, and will distribute them to the justices, counsel, state repcrter, and state librarian.

ORAL ARGUMENT.

7. At the first monthly session of the court held after the expiration of fifty days from the entry of the case, it will be in order for oral arguinent. If neither party appears to be heard at that session, the case will be regarded as submitted. A party who has not filed a brief will not be heard orally.

8. The periods mentioned in rules 6 and 7 will not run during the months of July and August.

9. Oral arguments will be limited to one hour and a half on a side, to be divided as counsel may elect, unless before beginning the arguments the court shall grant further time. The party having the opening also has the close.

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ADMISSION TO THE BAR.

13. A committee consisting of three members of the bar of the state will be appointed from time to time to examine persons desiring to be admitted to the bar.

6. Briefs, to be of service, should be furnished in thirty and forty-five days after the case is entered-the party moving the transfer, or in case of a transfer without a ruling, the plaintiff furnishing his brief first. A copy should be sent to each justice of the court, each of the opposing counsel, the state 14. There will be two examinations anreporter, and the state librarian, and five nually, at the court room in Concord, begincopies should be filed with the clerk of court, ning on the third Tuesday of June and the together with a certificate showing what third Tuesday of December respectively, at copies were sent as above stated and when. 11 o'clock in the forenoon.

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15. The term of study with special reference to the practice of law, required for admission to the bar, is three years. The study may be pursued in the office and under the direction of a member of the bar in good standing, or in a reputable law school.

16. A person proposing to study law with a view of applying for admission to the bar shall, within fourteen days after he commences the study, file with the clerk of this court a certificate stating his age, his residence, what preparatory education he has had, the name and residence of the person with whom he is studying, and the date when he commenced the study; and also a certificate of the person with whom he is studying, stating the fact and when the study begun.

17. A person wishing to be examined shall file with the clerk of this court, fourteen days at least before the regular June or December session, a petition stating his residence, the date and place of his birth, the term during which he has studied law, and the name and residence of the person with whom he studied; and he shall file therewith cer

tificates showing that he is of good moral character and that he has studied law as set forth in the petition. If the papers so filed show that he is entitled to be examined, he will be allowed to take the examination at the next meeting of the committee.

18. A person who fails in an examination for admission to the bar will not be admitted to another examination until the court, upon special consideration of the case, make an order to that effect.

19. The court will be in session on the Thursday following the third Tuesday of June and December, when persons found to be qualified may be admitted to the bar and take the oaths of office.

20. A person, who has been admitted to the bar of the highest court of another state, may be admitted to the bar of this state, without examination as to his knowledge of the law, upon furnishing satisfactory evidence that he was so admitted in the other state, that he practiced law there one year at least, that he is of good moral character, and that he is a resident of this state at the time of his application.

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