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71. The Advocate in Court

1. An advocate or lawyer is not bound to defend the poorwithout charge, except in lawsuits in which a poor man cannot beotherwise helped but by this lawyer at thistime.

2. It is just that persons should be debarred from theoffice of advocate who have no fitness for the office.

3. An advocate is not to defend, knowingly, an unjustcause.

4. It is just for a lawyer to take a fee for his services.For a man may justly take payment for giving what he is nototherwise bound to give. An advocate is usually free from theobligation of taking upthe cases brought to him; if heaccepts the task, he ought to be paid for performing it. Exorbitantfees, however, are unjust; they amount to extortion, and so are akind of robbery.

"Let persons in the world sanctify themselves in their own houses, for neither the court, professions, or labour, are any hindrance to the service of God."
St Philip Neri

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"A tree that is cultivated and guarded through the care of its owner produces its fruit at the expected time. "
St John of the Cross, OCD - Doctor of the Church

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"The greatest glory we can give to God is to do his will in everything."
St Alphonsus de Liguori

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