A  Mahommedan  attorney  may  be  admitted  on  taking  the  oaths  of  allegiance  and
honest  demeanor,  but  he  cannot  practice  in  England  without  also  taking  the  oaths
of  supremacy  and  abjuration.   In  re  Comroodeen  Tyabjee,  cii.  319  ;  1  E.  &  E.  319.
To  enable  a  graduate  of  the  universities,  under  6  &  7  Vict.  c.  73,  s.  7,  to  be
admitted  after  three  years'  service,  he  must  have  taken  his  degree  before  being
bound.     Ex  parte  Bradford,  cii.  417  ;  1  E.  &  E.  417.
The  five  years'  clerkship  must  be  continuous,  but  where  interrupted  leave  may
be  given  to  enter  into  new  articles  to  complete  the  term.  Ex  parte  Smith,  cii.
928  ;  1  E.  &  E.  928.
Service  under  unstamped  articles  of  clerkship  will  be  reckoned  from  their  date,
where  they  have  been  subsequently  stamped,  under  19  &  20  Vict.  c.  81,  and
where  the  omission  was  not  fault  of  clerk.  In  re  Breden,  civ.  351 ;  12  C.  B.  N.
S.  351.
The  court  will  not  allow  an  attorney's  articles  to  be  enrolled  and  service  to
count  from  their  date,  where  they  have  been  executed  without  any  reasonable
expectation  of  obtaining,  the  money  to  have  them  stamped.  Ex  parte  Edwards,
civ.  869  j  12  C.B.N.  S.  869.
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Articles,  not  duly  stamped,  even  though  payment  of  duty  with  penalty  has
been  made  subsequently  to  revenue  officers,  not  allowed  nunc  pro  tunc.  Ex  parte
Jones;  oviii.  301 ;  14  C.  B.  N.  S.  301.
To  authorize  the  same,  applicant  must  have  had  a  reasonable  or  well  founded
expectation  that  he  would  be  prepared  with  the  money.     Ibid.
Interval  of  time  between  death  of  original  master  and  assignment  of  articles
to  new  master  not  counted  in  the  five  years'  service  necessary  for  attorney's  clerk.
