Officers and deputies disqualified from practicing.

The judge of any court of record, the sheriff or deputy of the sheriff must not practice law; the clerk of the circuit court or the deputy of the clerk must not practice in the county of which he or she is clerk or deputy; the register or his or her partner or the deputy of the register must not practice in the court of which he or she is register or deputy; the clerk of the judge of probate must not practice in the court of which his or her principal is the judge.

(Code 1852, §739; Code 1867, §873; Code 1876, §§792, 794; Code 1886, §865; Code 1896, §591; Code 1907, §2987; Code 1923, §6252; Code 1940, T. 46, §45.)