barrister
barrister
Definition
bar·ris·ter (bar′is tər, ber′-)
barrister
Synonyms
barrister
Law Definition
n
- In England, a lawyer who argues cases in court. See also solicitor.
- In the United States, a lawyer.
barrister
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- instruct: Case Example 4 A member instructed barristers to act for his client at a forthcoming public inquiry.
- practice: Gary Webber was a practicing barrister for 22 years specializing in property law.
- employ: You may have employed a barrister to represent you at this stage.
- intend: This is met by taking the Bar Vocational Course for intending barristers, or the Legal Practice Course for intending solicitors.
- qualify: Over 800 cases are compiled and edited by fully qualified barristers each year.
- become: Benjamin became a British barrister at the age of 55.
Adjective modifier
- eminent: But many of today's most eminent barristers tend to feel this trend is unhealthy and that a wide range of experience is important.
- qualified: Andrew, a qualified barrister, joined the group in 1992 having specialized in commercial law.
- junior: He is listed in Chambers Guide To the Legal profession as one of the leading junior barristers in housing law.
- prominent: The Chairperson is Lady Helena Kennedy, a prominent female barrister.
- distinguished: On my left, we have Miss Anesta Weekes; Anesta is in fact a QC, a distinguished barrister.
- experienced: There are legal submissions by experienced barristers; there is a judgment from the tribunal.
Modifies a noun
- chamber: A behind the scenes look at training at a range of different size law firms and barristers chambers.
Noun used with modifier
- trainee: Trainee barrister Mr Hook, from Deal, was nominated for the RSA gong by the long-standing Lib Dem activist Cynthia Terry.
- prosecution: The summing up begins with an unsurprisingly harsh summary from the prosecution barrister.
- defense: In the second case, the defense barrister had not had time to meet his witness, who was delivered late from prison.
Possessives
- chamber: Entry could also arise from sponsorship by barristers ' chambers.
- clerk: The company is run by an experienced barristers ' clerk, Martin Poulter.
Preposition: in
- chamber: True, the police, prison service and barristers in chambers can no longer legally exclude people living with HIV from their ranks.
Preposition: from
- chamber: The report on the legal profession shows that almost 70 per cent of barristers from leading chambers were educated at private schools.
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