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Viccis of llir courts in whidi tlu Vinacliic and must jM issi ss rdiain I i-al |ualiliiati( ns. No outnot possossiii these i|iialillralioiis is cM lillfil to coudui tau ttin rs cause in the eonits. A ttuiiu-vs at law. tui account of thrir itcculiar knovlc(l;( and skill, anfnM|iirntlv miplovcd in the trausactitui of business not involvinglili;.M lioii. such as diavin,u contracts, deeds, wills, etc., nianaj;lng |i leriv. and the like. A ny {terson of eoinjtetenl skill, however, al lioii;;h no! an atioiiiev at law. may tiansact such business. In Ku;:land i eis ins n;;aired in tinluacliee of law are divided into several classes, under the names of attorneyfi, solicitors, proctors, (onnselors. barristers, and advocates. Each class perforins difierent functions. I- or (xamiile, att( rneys and solicitors prepare the -auses foitrial, but cannot try them. This is done by the barristers. These distinctions do not preail in the I nited States. Attorneys at law jterfoiiu all the duties and have all the powers of all classes of leal jirai titioners inK nj;land. For convenience, the term attorney will be used as meaninji attorneys at law in the broad sense heif indicated. 11 A ntlmrlzxl toP ractice. The bar is no unim] ortant part of the court, and its members ar (dlicers of the court, and therefore in some sense olticers of the state for which the court acts. A ccordingly, no one is entitled to pra tice in the courts of a state who has not been duly admitted according to the lex fori. A liens and nonresidents cannot be admitted. In some jurisdictions women are entitled to j)ractice; in thers. they are not. The most usual requirement for admission is that the apitlicant shall be a citizen of the state of good moral Tlioiiias V. SI cch ,J JW is. LoT; In lo Mosupss. 3!) Wis. .09; Robinson sC ase, l.n Mass. 3T(). 8C ol.t) v. .I iK lK i of Supcrif!- Court, 43 Mich. 281), 5X. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)