释义 |
preaudience|priːˈɔːdɪəns| [pre- A. 2.] The right to be heard before another; precedence or relative rank (of lawyers at the Bar).
1768Blackstone Comm. III. iii. 28 A custom has of late years prevailed of granting letters patent of precedence to such barristers, as the crown thinks proper to honour with that mark of distinction: whereby they are entitled to such rank and pre-audience as are assigned in their respective patents. 1815Edin. Rev. XXV. 539 The remarkable contest for preaudience which occurred between Lord North and Lord Surry. 1884Times 27 Nov. 9/4 Gradually their [Q.C.'s] right of preaudience under their royal patents accustomed Judges and litigants to look to them as constituting a separate class, like the Serjeants. |