 | William Blackstone - Law - 1794 - 588 pages
...the party injured s. And counfel guilty of deceit or collufion are punifhable by the ftatute Weftm. i . 3 Edw. I. c. 28. with imprisonment for a year and a day, and perpetual filence in the courts ; a punifhment ftill femetimes inflidled for grofs mifdemefnors in practice h.... | |
 | 1820 - 856 pages
...law, if they be guilty of deceit or collusion, they are punished by stat. West. 3 Ed. 1, c. 2H. in imprisonment for a year and a day, and perpetual silence in the courts. The object of the laws is justice, on the sound principles of which it is founded, for such is its... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - Constitutional law - 1823 - 872 pages
...instructions, if it be impertinent to the cause in hand, he is then liable to an action from the party injured. And counsel guilty of deceit or collusion are punishable by the statute Westm. 1. 3. Edw. I. c. 28. with imprisonment for a year and a day, and perpetual silence in the courts :... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 568 pages
...it be impertinent to the cause in hand, he is then liable to an action from the party injured* (5). And counsel guilty of deceit or collusion are punishable by the statute Westm. L 3 Edw. I. c. 29. with imprisonment for a year and a day, and perpetual silence in the courts ; a... | |
 | Sir Thomas Edlyne Tomlins - Law - 1835 - 854 pages
...(KB) 232 : Peake, 122. Counsel guilty of deceit or collusion are punishable by stat. Westm. 1.3 EIe 28. with imprisonment for a year and a day, and perpetual silence in the courts; and the latter punishment is still sometimes inflicted for gross misdemeanors in practice. Eaym. 376... | |
 | Thomas Stephen - Constitutional history - 1835 - 810 pages
...bring his action. By the statute of 3 Edward I., counsel may be punished for collusion and deceit, with imprisonment for a year and a day, and perpetual silence in the courts. But, to the honour of our courts, the corruption of judges and the treachery of counsel are crimes... | |
 | Sir Edward Coke, John Henry Thomas - Land tenure - 1836 - 772 pages
...Jac. 90. And counsel guilty of deceit or collusion are punishable by the stat. Westm. 1. 3 Edw. 1. c. 28. with imprisonment for a year and a day, and perpetual silence in the courts. Raym. 376. 3 131. Com. 29. Lastly, a counsel can maintain no action for his fees, which are given not... | |
 | George Bowyer - Constitutional law - 1841 - 742 pages
...instructions.3 But counsel guilty of deceit or collusion are punishable, by stat. West. i. 3 Ed. I. c. xxix., with imprisonment for a year and a day, and perpetual silence in the courts.4 1 Blackst. b. iii. c. iii. p. 28. Davis, Pref. 22. 1 Chanc. Rep. 38. Davis, 23. And see note... | |
 | Law - 1857 - 820 pages
...injured, and a counsel guilty of deceit or collusion are punishable by the Statute West. 1, 3 Edw. 1, c. 28, with imprisonment for a year and a day, and perpetual silence iu the courts; but these punishable offences are acts, not omissions. The early history of the profession... | |
 | 1860 - 444 pages
...Commentaries," cites certain statutes by which counsel, guilty of deceit or collusion, are punishable with imprisonment for a year and a day, and perpetual silence in the courts; "a punishment," adds this famous writer, " still sometimes inflicted for gross misdemeanours in practice." However... | |
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... client's instructions; although it should reflect upon the reputation of another, and even prove absolutely groundless ; but if he mentions an untruth of his own invention, or even upon instructions, if it be impertinent to the cause in hand, he is... 
