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The general grounds of equity jurisdiction and principles of equity jurisprudence;

7 Rules and principles of pleadings and evidence;

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Practice under the civil and criminal codes of Nevada;

9 Remedies in hypothetical cases;

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The course and duration of the applicant's studies.

3. The examiners will not be expected to go very much at large into the details of these subjects, but only sufficiently so fairly to test the extent of the applicant's knowledge and the accuracy of his understanding of those subjects and books which he has studied.

Examination by Committee.

4. When the examination is completed and reduced to writing, the examiners will return it to this court, accompanied by their certificate showing whether or not the applicant is of good moral character and has attained his majority, and is a bona fide resident of this state. Such certificate shall also contain the facts that the applicant was examined in the presence of the committee; that he had no knowledge or intimation of the nature of any of the questions to be propounded to him before the same were asked by the committee, and that the answers to each and all the questions were taken down as given by the applicant without reference to any books or other outside aid.

Fee To Be Deposited Before Examination.

5. The fee of thirty-five dollars for license must in all cases be deposited with the clerk of the court before the application is made, to be returned to the applicant in case of rejection.

Filing Transcript.

RULE II.

In all cases where an appeal has been perfected, and the statement settled (if there be one) thirty days before the commencement of a term, the transcript of the record shall be filed on or before the first day of such term.

RULE III.

Appeal May Be Dismissed-Can Be Restored.

1. If the transcript of the record be not filed within the time prescribed by Rule II, the appeal may be dismissed on motion during the first week of the term, without notice. cause so dismissed may be restored during the same term, upon good cause shown, on notice to the opposite party; and,

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unless so restored, the dismissal shall be final and a bar to any other appeal from the same order or judgment.

How Restored.

2. On such motion there shall be presented the certificate of the clerk below, under the seal of the court, certifying the amount or character of the judgment; the date of its rendition; the fact and date of the filing of the notice of appeal, together with the fact and date of service thereof on the adverse party, and the character of the evidence by which said service appears; the fact and date of the filing of the undertaking on appeal; and that the same is in due form; the fact and time of the settlement of the statement, if there be one; and also that the appellant has received a duly certified transcript, or that he has not requested the clerk to certify to a correct transcript of the record; or, if he has made such request, that he has not paid the fees therefor, if the same have been demanded.

Printed Transcripts.

RULE IV.

1. All transcripts of record in civil cases, when printed, shall be printed on unruled white paper, ten inches long by seven inches wide, with a margin on the outer edge of not less than one inch. The printed page shall not be less than seven inches long and three and one-half inches wide. The folios, embracing ten lines each, shall be numbered from the commencement to the end, and the numbering of the folios shall be printed between lines. Nothing smaller than minion type leaded shall be used in printing.

Transcripts in Criminal Cases.

2. Transcripts in criminal cases may be printed in like manner as prescribed for civil cases; or, if not printed, shall be written on one side only of transcript paper, sixteen inches long by ten and one-half inches in width, with a margin of not less than one and one-half inches wide, fastened or bound together on the left sides of the pages by ribbon or tape, so that the same may be secured, and every part conveniently read. The transcript, if written, shall be in a fair, legible hand, and each paper or order shall be separately inserted.

To Be Indexed.

3. The pleadings, proceedings, and statement shall be chronologically arranged in the transcript, and each tran

script shall be prefaced with an alphabetical index, specifying the folio of each separate paper, order, or proceeding, and of the testimony of each witness; and the transcript shall have at least one blank fly-sheet cover.

Cannot Be Filed.

4. No record which fails to conform to these rules shall be received or filed by the clerk of the court.

Printing Transcripts.

RULE V.

The written transcript in civil causes, together with sufficient funds to pay for the printing of the same, may be transmitted to the clerk of this court. The clerk, upon the receipt thereof, shall file the same and cause the transcript to be printed, and to a printed copy shall annex his certificate that the said printed transcript is a full and correct copy of the transcript furnished to him by the party; and said certificate shall be prima facie evidence that the same is correct. The said printed copy so certified shall also be filed, and constitute the record of the cause in this court, subject to be corrected by reference to the written transcript. on file.

RULE VI.

Cost of Typewriting or Printing Transcripts.

1. The expense of printing or typewriting transcripts, affidavits, briefs or other papers on appeal in civil causes and pleadings, affidavits, briefs, or other papers constituting the record in original proceedings upon which the case is heard in this court, required by these rules to be printed or typewritten, shall be allowed as costs, and taxed in bills of costs in the usual mode; provided, that no greater amount than twenty-five cents per folio of one hundred words shall be taxed as costs for printing, and no greater amount than twelve and one-half cents per folio for one copy only shall be taxed as costs for typewriting. All other costs to be taxed by the clerk in accordance with the fee bill.

To Serve Cost Bill, When.

2. Either party desiring to recover as costs his expenses for printing or typewriting in any cause in this court, shall, before said cause is submitted, file with the clerk and serve upon the opposite party a verified cost bill, setting forth or stating the actual cost of such printing or typewriting, and

no greater amount than such actual cost shall be taxed as costs.

Mode of Objecting to Costs.

3. If either party desires to object to the costs claimed by the opposite party, he shall, within ten days after the service upon him of a copy of the cost bill, file with the clerk and serve his objections. Said objections shall be heard and settled and the costs taxed by the clerk. An appeal may be taken from the decision of the clerk, either by written notice of five days, or orally and instanter, to the justices of this court, and the decision of such justices shall be final. there be no objections to the costs claimed by the party entitled thereto, they shall be taxed as claimed in his cost bill. Indorsed Upon Remittitur.

4. In all cases where a remittitur or other final order is sent to a district court or other inferior tribunal, the costs of the party entitled thereto as taxed by the clerk shall be indorsed upon such remittitur or order, and shall be collected as other costs in such district court, or other inferior court or tribunal, and shall not be subject to retaxation in such district court or other tribunal.

To Correct Error in Transcript.

RULE VII.

For the purpose of correcting any error or defect in the transcript from the court below, either party may suggest the same, in writing, to this court, and, upon good cause shown, obtain an order that the proper clerk certify to the whole or part of the record, as may be required, or may produce the same, duly certified, without such order. If the attorney of the adverse party be absent, or the fact of the alleged error or defect be disputed, the suggestion, except when a certified copy is produced at the time, must be accompanied by an affidavit showing the existence of the error or defect alleged.

RULE VIII.

Exceptions-Diminution of Record.

Exceptions or objections to the transcript, statement, the undertaking on appeal, notice of appeal, or to its service or proof of service, or any technical exception or objection to the record affecting the right of the appellant to be heard on the points of error assigned, which might be cured on suggestion of diminution of the record, must be taken at the first

term after the transcript is filed, and must be noted in the written or the printed points of the respondent, and filed at least one day before the argument, or they will not be regarded.

Substitution in Case of Death.

RULE IX.

Upon the death or other disability of a party pending an appeal, his representative shall be substituted in the suit by suggestion in writing to the court on the part of such representative, or any party on the record. Upon the entry of such suggestion, an order of substitution shall be made and the cause shall proceed as in other cases.

RULE X.

Calendar to Consist of-Upon Motion.

1. The calendar of each term shall consist only of those cases in which the transcript shall have been filed on or before the first day of the term, unless by written consent of the parties; provided, that all cases, both civil and criminal, in which the appeal has been perfected and the statement settled, as provided in Rule II, and the transcript has not been filed before the first day of the term, may be placed on the calendar, on motion of either party, after ten days' written notice of such motion, and upon filing the transcript. Subdivision 2 is hereby abrogated.

3. Causes shall be placed on the calendar in the order in which the transcripts are filed by the clerk.

RULE XI.

Time for Appellant to Serve Brief-Respondent.

1. Within fifteen days after the filing of the transcript on appeal in any case, the appellant shall file and serve his points and authorities or brief; and within fifteen days after the service of appellant's points and authorities or brief, respondent shall file and serve his points and authorities or brief; and within fifteen days thereafter, appellant shall file and serve his points and authorities or brief in reply, after which the case may be argued orally.

2. The points and authorities shall contain such brief statement of the facts as may be necessary to explain the points made.

Oral Argument.

3. The oral argument may, in the discretion of the court, be limited to the printed or typewritten points and authori

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