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It was ordained by stat. 4 Henry IV. c. 18, that all attornies 

 should be examined by the justices, and by their discretions their 

 names should be put in a roll : they were to be good and virtuous, and 

 of good fame. 1 



Other groupings of more modern and less coherent kinds 

 have to be named. There is the Bar Committee, serving 

 as an organ for the practising barristers ; and there are the 

 relatively vague unions of barristers who go the same cir 

 cuits. For solicitors there is in London a central Law Soci 

 ety, along with which may be named Law Societies in lead 

 ing provincial districts; and there are also various benevo 

 lent associations formed within these larger bodies. 



Nor let us omit to notice how in this case, as in all cases, 

 the process of integration has been accompanied by progress 

 in definiteness. Early in its history the body of barristers 

 separated itself by its regulations from the trading com 

 munity; and then, more recently, it has increased its dis 

 tinctness of demarcation by excluding those not adequately 

 instructed. So, too, with the body of solicitors. This has 

 fenced itself round by certain regulations respecting admis 

 sion, conduct, and practice, in such wise that by striking off 

 the rolls those who have not conformed to the rules com 

 plete precision is given to the limits of the body. 



And then, as serving to hold together these larger and 

 smaller definitely consolidated aggregates, we have various 

 periodicals several weekly law-journals, and now also a 

 law-quarterly. 



