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Description and Holding Information
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Malabari, Order of the Coif, 1904?
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A paper read before the Bombay High Court Moot on January 21st, 1904 and published in East and West in March and April 1904. This two part essay was
titled "The Order of the Coif," and traced the historical and literary roots of this association of lawyers in England. The members,
Sergeants-at-Law, had exclusive jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas for many centuries and were the only lawyers allowed to argue a case there. However, in
1839 a crown warrant directed to Common Pleas commanded it to permit "gentlemen of the bar generally" to practice before it, thus ending the exclusive
rights of the Sergeants-at-Law. The Judicature Act of 1873 provided that no Judge of the Supreme Court need necessarily be a Sergeant-at-Law.
Effectively this and the lack of subsequent appointments to the Coif by the Court resulted in its elimination. The document is paginated from 291-304 and
380-394. (a random one page excerpt from another article is found on page 179).
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Title:
The Order of the Coif.
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OCLC Number:
1035158711
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Available Volumes
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| Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
| Volume 1 | | Yes | No |
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