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42 Pa.C.S. § 2501 Appearance in person or by counsel
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(a) Civil matters.--In all civil matters before any tribunal every litigant shall have a right to be heard, by himself and his counsel, or by either of them. (b) Criminal matters.--In all criminal prosecutions the accused has a right to be heard by himself and his counsel.
42 Pa.C.S. § 2502 Certain persons not to appear as counsel
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(a) General rule.--Except as otherwise prescribed by general rule, an attorney at law who is an employee of a court shall not appear as counsel in such court. An attorney at law shall not appear in any court or in any matter in violation of any general rule relating to the practi…
42 Pa.C.S. § 2503 Right of participants to receive counsel fees
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The following participants shall be entitled to a reasonable counsel fee as part of the taxable costs of the matter: (1) The holder of bonds of a private corporation who successfully recovers due and unpaid interest, the liability for the payment of which was denied by the corpor…
42 Pa.C.S. § 2504 Letters of attorney
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(a) General rule.--All letters of attorney authorizing acts relating to instruments or judgments may, if duly acknowledged, be filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of any county. Such filing shall be deemed a recording for the purposes of section 6106 (re…