Unit Title:
Petitions to practice law, 1803-1808
Accumulation:
1803-1808
Created:
1803-1808
Creator:
South Carolina. Court of Equity (Charleston District).
Physical Description:
0.33 cubic ft. (8 items in 1 folder in 1 ff)
Language:
English
Biography or History:
S.C. Statute 1796(5)289 required applicants wishing to practice law to submit their petitions of admittance to the courts at Columbia or Charleston while they were in session. Upon approval of a candidate's qualifications, he would be examined by a competent number of the bar presided over by at least two justices and, after passing the examination, be admitted to the bar.
Custodial History:
unspecified
Acquisition Information:
South Carolina. Court of Equity (Charleston District).
Scope and Content:
This series consists of eight petitions addressed to the justices of the Charleston District Court of Equity. They state the applicant's educational and professional background, bear signed testimonials to the petitioner's character, and have certified statements attesting to the candidate's educational qualifications. The petitions contain a signed and dated notation by a court justice as to when the petitions were accepted.
Appraisal Information:
unspecified
Accruals:
no
Arrangement:
Series arranged chronologically. For indexing purposes, the petitions have been assigned numbers.
Conditions Governing Access:
none
Conditions Governing Use:
none
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements:
none
Other Finding Aid:
The names of the applicants and of the persons offering testimonials in their behalf are indexed in the repository's On-line Combined Index to Multiple Record Series, 1675-1929, and in the Combined Alphabetical Index produced by the repository on computer output microfilm (COM) in 1991. In the computer output microfilm index this series is represented by the alpha-numeric code B1AE 004.
Location of Originals:
South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 8301 Parklane Road, Columbia, SC 29223
Alternative Form Available:
The entire series has been digitized. The digital images are linked to index hits from the On-line Records Index on the repository's website.
Related Material:
Forms part of the records of the Court of Equity for Charleston District.
Bibliography:
none
Other Descriptive Data:
none
Processing Information:
None
