Rules of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia. December 1938, Volume 622, Issue 11 |
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Page 4 - Courts, shall conform, as near as may be, to the practice, pleadings, and forms and modes of proceeding, existing at the time in like causes in the courts of record of the State, within which such Circuit or District Courts are held, any rule of the court to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 7 - July 20, 1790,) the party arrested, or any person having a right to intervene in respect to the thing attached, may upon evidence showing any improper practices or a manifest want of equity on the part of the libellant, have a mandate from the judge for the libellant to show cause instanter why the arrest or attachment should not be vacated.
Page 2 - I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will demean myself, as an attorney and counsellor of this court, uprightly, and according to law; and that I will support the Constitution of the United States.
Page 14 - In deciding suits in equity, including those required to be heard before three judges, the court of first instance shall find the facts specially and state separately its conclusions of law thereon ; and its findings and conclusions shall be entered of record and, if an appeal is taken from the decree, shall be included by the clerk in the record which is certified to the appellate court under Rules 75 and 76.
Page 11 - Directions as to the execution and return of the commission, signed by the clerk, and the proctor of the party moving it or of both parties, if both unite in the commission, or if both propose interrogatories, shall accompany the commission.
Page 1 - ... and (3) two letters or signed statements of members of the bar of this court, not related to the applicant, who are resident practitioners within the State, Territory, District, or Insular Possession...
Page 20 - C, her tackle, etc., and to detain the same in your custody until the further order of the court respecting the same, and to give due notice to all persons claiming the same...
Page 1 - ... 3. Admissions will be granted only upon oral motion by a member of the bar in open court, and upon his assurance that he is satisfied that the applicant possesses the necessary qualifications.
Page 20 - February next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, if the same shall be a day of jurisdiction, otherwise on the next day of jurisdiction thereafter, then and there to interpose a claim for the same, and to make their allegations in that behalf. And what you shall have done in the premises, do you then and there make return thereof, together with this writ.
Page 1 - ... setting out the date and place of his birth, the names of his parents, his place of residence, and office address, the courts of last resort to which he has been admitted, the places where he has been a practitioner, and, if he is not a native-born citizen, the date and place of his naturalization, and...