John Sidney Smith (1804–1871) was a legal writer. John Sidney Smith, son of John Spry Smith of 9

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, London, was born in 1804, and held a situation in the six clerks' office in the

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until 23 October 1842, when the establishment was abolished. He soon after entered

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, and graduated B.A. 1847 and M.A. 1850. He was called to the bar at the

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on 7 November 1845, and practised in the

Court of Chancery The Court of Chancery was a court of equity in England and Wales that followed a set of loose rules to avoid a slow pace of change and possible harshness (or "inequity") of the Common law#History, common law. The Chancery had jurisdiction over ...

. He died at Sidney Lodge,

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, on 14 January 1871.

Publications

*''A Treatise on the Practice of the Court of Chancery'', 2 vols, 1834–35. (7th edition, with Alfred Smith, 1862; American edition, Philadelphia, 1839) *''A Handbook of the Practice of the Court of Chancery'', 1848 (2nd edit. 1855) *''A Treatise on the Principles of Equity'', 1856.

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;Attribution * 1804 births 1871 deaths Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Members of the Middle Temple English legal writers 19th-century English people English male non-fiction writers {{England-law-bio-stub