单词 | to serve at bar |
释义 | > as lemmasto serve at (the) bar P10. to serve at (the) bar: to practice law as a barrister or attorney. Cf. bar n.1 23a. Somewhat rare.The more usual phrase is to practise at the bar. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > practice law [verb (intransitive)] > practise at the bar to serve at (the) barc1390 c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. Prol. l. 85 Þer houeþ an Hundret In Houues of selk, Seriauns hit semeþ to seruen atte Barre. 1603 Ld. Ellesmere Let. in J. P. Collier Egerton Papers (1840) 372 Moost of the Judges are aged, and the Serjeantes at Lawe now servinge at the barre not so sufficyent to supplye judiciall places as were to be wyshed. 1752 A. McDouall Inst. Laws Scotl. II. iv. iii. 485 There is no reason, why those who serve at the bar should not live by the bar. 1816 N. Amer. Rev. May 15 At a time, when a classical education and law learning were not deemed essential qualifications for a judge, it may be supposed, that those who served at the bar were but little distinguished by scientifick attainments. 2018 L. Connolly Sinless (e-book ed.) I did manage to take silk, but I had to give up my plan to serve at the Bar in order to make my living. < as lemmas |
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