Word: legal
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Dates: during 1910-1910
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...National banks have almost the same legal rights as individuals, but they cannot act as trustees, purchase corporation stocks, make loans on real estate, or purchase real estate for others. They can be formed very easily, and are required to deposit certain sums with the government. The Comptroller's duty is to supervise them. The advantages of the system are that it supplies a uniform currency and a market for government bonds; it reduces the cost of exchange; provides safe banking facilities, and acts as a model for the state banks...
...December number of the Law Review contains the following articles: "The Powers of Regulation Vested in Congress," by Max Pam; "Selden as a Legal Historian," by H. D. Hazeltine L.'98; "The Meaning of Fire in an Insurance Policy against Loss or Damage by Fire," by E. H. Abbot...
This year, for the first time, the legislatures of a number of states passed statutes making October 12, the anniversary of the landing of Columbus in America, a legal holiday. Since this was done in Massachusetts, the day has been declared a holiday in the University...
...many cities there are legal obstacles to indulging in outdoor exercise within certain distances of churches, but the tennis courts on Soldiers Field at least are remote enough from any places of worship to remove all difficulty with the law. The University authorities are endeavoring to increase the number of men who take regular outdoor exercise. Does not the privilege of taking exercise on Sunday accord with this policy, and would it not besides benefit as many men as some of the minor scrub athletic series...
...primary object of creating this new degree is to remove from the regular law curriculum and place in a separate department those subjects which are of interest only to men who wish to specialize in one branch of their profession. Such subjects are legal history and Jurisprudence, of special interest to those who desire to teach law; international law; Roman and modern civil law, especially the law of our new colonies; statutes and the principles of legislation; admiralty, patent, mining, and irrigation...