See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

JOSEPH See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• SIR JOSEPH WILLIAM CHITTY (1828-1899)

CHITTY (1828-1899)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London . He was the second son of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• CHITTY, SIR JOSEPH WILLIAM (1828-1899)

Chitty (himself son and See also:

• BROTHER

brother of well-known lawyers), a celebrated See also:

• SPECIAL

special pleader and writer of legal See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text-books, in whose See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil-See also:

• ROOM

room many distinguished lawyers began their legal See also:

• EDUCATION

education . See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph Chitty was educated at See also:

• ETON

Eton and Balliol, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, gaining a first-class in Literae Humaniores in 1851, and being afterwards elected to a fellowship at See also:

• EXETER
• EXETER, EARL, MARQUESS AND DUKE OF

Exeter See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College . His See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal distinctions during his school and college career had been earned in athletics, and he came to London as a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man who had stroked the Oxford See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat and captained the Oxford See also:

• CRICKET
• CRICKET (Gryllidae)

cricket eleven . He became a member of See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln's See also:

• INN

Inn in 1851, was called to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar in 1856, and made a See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen's counsel in 1874, electing to practise as such in the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court in which See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• JESSEL, SIR GEORGE (1824-1883)

Jessel, See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the rolls, presided . Chitty was highly successful in his method of dealing with a very masterful if exceedingly able judge, and soon his practice became very large . In 188o he entered the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of See also:

• COMMONS

commons as liberal member for Oxford (See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city) . His See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary career was See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short, for in 1881 the Judicature See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act required that the master of the rolls should cease to sit regularly as a judge of first instance, and Chitty was selected to fill the vacancy thus created in the See also:

• CHANCERY

chancery See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division . Sir Joseph Chitty was for sixteen years a popular judge, in the best meaning of the phrase, being noted for his See also:

• COURTESY (O. Fr. curtesie, later courtoisie)

courtesy, geniality, See also:

• PATIENCE

patience and scrupulous fairness, as well as for his legal attainments, and being much respected and liked by those practising before him, in spite of a See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit of interrupting counsel, possibly acquired through the example of Sir George Jessel . In 1897, on the retirement of Sir See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• KAY, JOHN (1742-1826)
• KAY, JOSEPH (1821-1878)

Kay, L.J., he was promoted to the court of See also:

• APPEAL

appeal . There he more than sustained—in fact, he appreciably increased—his reputation as a lawyer and a judge, proving himself to possess considerable knowledge of the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law as well as of See also:

• EQUITY (Lat. aequitas)

equity . He died in London on the 15th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1899 .

He married in 1858 See also:

• CLARA, SAINT (1194-1253)

Clara Jessie, daughter of See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

Chief See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron See also:

• POLLOCK

Pollock, and See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children who could thus claim descent from two of the best-known English legal families of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . See E . See also:

• MANSON, GEORGE (1850-1876)

Manson, Builders of our Law (1904) .