1. ch. 1.
2. Co. Litt. 58.
3. See book 1. ch. 7.
4. Co. Litt. 260.
5. Ibid.
6. Finch. L. 231.
7. Salk. 200. 12 Mod. 388.
8. 2 Inst. 311.
9. Pope Boniface VIII, in 6 Decretal. l. 3. t. 16. § 3. speaks of "procuratoribus, qui in aliquibus partibus attornati nuncupantur" ["proctors, who are in some places called attorneys"].
10. Stiernhook de jure Goth. l. t. c. 6.
11. F. N. B. 25.
12. Ibid. 27.
13. Bro. Abr. t. idiot. I.
14. Inst. 4. tit. 10.
15. 3 Jac I. c. 7. 12 Geo. I. c. 29. 2 Geo. II. c. 23. 22 Geo. II. c. 46. 23 Geo. II. c. 26.
16. See vol. introd. § 1.
17. de LL. c. 50.
18. Fortesc. ibid. 10 Rep. pref. Dugdal. Orig. Turid. To which may be added a tract by the late sergeant Wynne, printed in 1765, entitled, "observations touching the antiquity and dignity of the degree of sergeant at law."
19. 2 Inst. 214.
20. fortefe. c. 50.
21. See his letters. 256.
22. See his life by Roger North. 37.
23. Cod. 2. 9. 1.
24. Cod. 2. 7. 13.
25. Pre-audience in the courts is reckoned of so much consequence, that it may not be amiss to subjoin a short table of the precedence which usually obtains among the practitioners. 1. The king's premier sergeant, (so constituted by special patent.) 2. The king's ancient sergeant, or the eldest among the king's sergeants. 3. The king's advocate general. 4. The king's attorney general. 5. The king's solicitor general. 6. The king's sergeants. 7. The king's counsel, with the queen's attorney and solicitor. 8. Sergeants at law. 9. The recorder of London. 10. Advocates of the civil law. 11. Barristers. In the court of exchequer two of the most experienced barristers, called the post-man and the tub-man, (from the places in which they sit) have also a precedence in motions.
26. Seld. tit. hon. 1. 6. 7.
27. Davis pref. 22. 1. Chan. Rep. 38.
28. Davis. 23.
29. Ff. 11. 6. 1.
30. Tac. ann. l. 11.
31. Cro. Jac. 90.
32. Raym. 376.
