A person employed to plead a cause on behalf of another in a court of law.
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| 释义 | society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > counsellor, barrister, or advocate (64) advocatec1384 A person employed to plead a cause on behalf of another in a court of law. oratorc1384 A person who pleads or argues on behalf of a person or cause; an advocate, a spokesperson; spec. a professional advocate. Now rare (historical in… prolocutor1493 Scottish. A spokesman in a court of law; = advocate, n. 2a. Obsolete. counsellor1530 (More fully counsellor-at-law.) One whose profession is to give legal advice to clients, and conduct their cases in court; a counselling lawyer, a… barristerc1545 A student of the law, who, having been called to the bar, has the privilege of practising as advocate in the superior courts of law. The formal… barman1657 A pleader at the bar; a barrister. Obsolete. bar-gown1664 a lawyer's gown, figurative a lawyer. counsel1709 as singular (rarely with plural counsels): A single legal adviser; a counsellor-at-law, advocate, or barrister. limb of the bar1815 In uses originally figurative (cf. member, v.2). limb of the law: a derisive name for a legal functionary of any kind, e.g. a lawyer, a police… blue bag1817 A person carrying such a bag; a barrister. Also as a humorous personification. actor1875 Law. A person who instigates or is involved in a legal action, spec. (a) a plaintiff or complainant; (b) Roman History a public prosecutor; (c) Rom… Subcategories:— position of (3) — collectively (1) — woman (2) — those retained in a particular case (2) — serjeant (9) — leading counsel (2) — barrister on circuit (6) — K.C. or Q.C. (5) — junior counsel (5) — apprentice (6) — counsel who gives opinions in private (3) — appointed to revise list of electors (2) — advocate in Byzantine Empire (1) — in India (2) — other barristers (3) — title of specific barrister (1) |
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