Clerkship
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The period which must be spent by a law student in the office of a practicing attorney before admission to the bar. 1 Tidd, Prac. 61 et seq.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The period which must be spent by a law-student in tbe office of a practising attorney before admission to the bar. 1 Tidd, Pr. 61. Under tbe present rules he must serve as a clerk to a practising solicitor under binding articles for from three to five years; Odgers, C. L. 1431. For the earlier history of clerkships at law, see Report of Amer. Bar Assoc, 1911 (Section of Leg. Educ).
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The period which must be spent by a law-student in the office of a practising attorney bsfore admission to the bar. 1 Tidd, Pr. 61, et seq. In re Dunn, 48 N. J. Law, 359, 39 Am. Rep. 600.
In old English practice. The art of drawing pleadings and entering them on record fa Latin, in the ancient court hand; otherwise called "skill of pleading in actions at the common law."
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In English law. The period during which a person is required to serve in the office of a practicing attorney or solicitor, in order to qualify himself to practice ^s an attorney or solicitor.
In old English law. The art of drawing pleadings and entering them on record in Latin, in the ancient court hand; otherwise called "skill of pleading in actions at the common law." v. Court hand; Law Latin.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The period which must be spent by a law-student in the office of a practising attorney before admission to the bar. 1 Tidd, Pr. 61, et seq.
In old English practice. The art of drawing pleadings and entering them on record in Latin, in the ancient court hand; otherwise called “skill of pleading in actions at the common Jaw.”
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In practice. The period during which a person is required to serve in the office of a practising attorney or solicitor, in order to qualify himself to practice as an attorney or solicitor. The person so serving is properly termed a clerk, and in England, (from the circumstance of his being bound by written articles) an articled clerk. 1 Tidd's Pr. 61-70. 1 Archb. Pr. 14-18. Arch. New Pr. 105. Stat. 6 & 7 Vict. c. 73.
In old English practice. The art of drawing pleadings and entering them on record in Latin, in the ancient court hand; otherwise called "skill of pleading in actions at the common law." Towns. Pl. 1-5, 12-25, et passim. Clerkship, in the court of Common Pleas, was formerly a distinct profession of itself. Id. 2. See Court hand, Law Latin.