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Admission to the bar in the United States is the granting of permission by a particular court system to a lawyer to practice law in the jurisdiction. Each U.S. state and jurisdiction (e.g. territories under federal control) has its own court system and sets its own rules and standards for bar admission.
A court clerk (British English: clerk to the court or clerk of the court / k l ɑːr k /; American English: clerk of the court or clerk of court / k l ɜːr k /) is an officer of the court whose responsibilities include maintaining records of a court and administering oaths to witnesses, jurors, and grand jurors [1] [2] as well as performing some quasi-secretarial duties. [3]
High court is a name for a variety of courts, often with jurisdiction over the most serious issues.. For countries with a civil law system, the term 'high court' usually refers to appellate court dealing with first stage of appeal from a trial court, serving as an intermediate body before appeal to the constitutional court, court of cassation, supreme court, or other highest judicial body.
Note that, due to the several changes in the size of the Court since it was established in 1789, two seats have been abolished, both as a result of the Judicial Circuits Act of 1866 (and before the Court established the practice of hiring law clerks). Consequently, neither "seat 5" nor "seat 7" has a list article.
The Telangana High Court is the High Court for the Indian state of Telangana.Founded by the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Osman Ali Khan, [1] initially, it was set up as High Court of Hyderabad for the then princely state of Hyderabad Deccan and later renamed High Court of Andhra Pradesh, as it was set up on 5 November 1956 under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
A bar association is a professional association of lawyers as generally organized in countries following the Anglo-American types of jurisprudence. [1] The word bar is derived from the old English/European custom of using a physical railing (bar) to separate the area in which court or legal profession business is done from the viewing area for the general public or students of the law.
The Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949 abolished these different jurisdictions and provided for a single High Court for the entire State. The High Court of Rajasthan was founded in 1949 at Jaipur and was inaugurated by the Rajpramukh , Maharaja Sawai Man Singh on 29 August 1949, later on after complete integration of Rajasthan in 1956 it was ...
The High Court of Punjab and Haryana has operated since 1 November 1966 in its present form. [10] A Circuit Bench of the High Court of Punjab had been working at Delhi since 1952, which was replaced by constituting a separate High Court for the Union Territory of Delhi on 31 October 1966 under the Delhi High Court Act, 1966. [12]