Practice
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
The torm, manner and order of conducting and carrying on suits or prosecutions in the courts throuch their various stages, according to the principles of law, and the rules laid down by the respective courts. By practice is also meant the business which an attorney or counsellor does; as, A B has a good practice. The books on practice are very numcrous; among the most popular are those of Tidd, Chitty, Archbold, Sellon, Graham, Dunlap, Caines, Troubat & Haly, Blake, Impey.