noun
definition
A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts.
Examples of barristers in a Sentence
The election judges appoint a number of barristers, not exceeding five, as commissioners to try such petitions.
Advocates took the place of barristers, and proctors of solicitors.
In an act of 1859 the practice was thrown open to barristers and to attorneys and solicitors.
In England red vestments are worn at the mass (of the Holy Spirit) attended by the Roman Catholic judges and barristers at the opening of term, the so-called "Red Mass."
They preferred an unwritten law, as Prutz suggests, partly because it suited the barristers (who often belonged to the baronage, for the Frankish nobles were "great pleaders in court and out of court"), and partly because the high court was left unbound so long as there was no written code.
The existing procedure was simplified and accelerated; the working of the courts was greatly improved by a carefully organized system of inspection and control; the incompetent judges were eliminated and replaced by men of better education and higher moral character; and for the future supply of wellqualified judges, barristers, and law officials, an excellent school of law was established.
The company is run by an experienced barristers ' clerk, Martin Poulter.
Indeed all London barristers who had not yet reached the eminence of King's Counsel, were compelled to wear gowns of Stuff wool.
This powerfully argued legal O pinion from one of Wales ' most respected barristers blows that claim right out of the water.
Their barristers tried to change the Judges ' mind, but the Judges became more resolute.
All our advisors have a specialist degree as minimum, some are qualified as barristers, others are solicitors.
This idea was uppermost in everyone 's minds, agreed John Haines, one of the defense barristers.
Judges of appeal are appointed by the king for life from lists of eligible barristers prepared by the senate and the courts.
About fifty censors were employed, comprising naval officers (appointed by the Admiralty), military censors (appointed by the War Office), and civilians, including ex-civil servants, barristers and journalists.
Lord Lee's second son, Sir George Lockhart (c. 1630-1689), was lord-advocate in Cromwell's time, and was celebrated for his persuasive eloquence; in 1674, when he was disbarred for alleged disrespect to the court of session in advising an appeal to parliament, fifty barristers showed their sympathy for him by withdrawing from practice.
In English legal phraseology "devil" and "devilling" are used of barristers who act as substitutes for others.
In the London Inns of Court the senior barristers used to be called "ancients."
Case Example 4 A member instructed barristers to act for his client at a forthcoming public inquiry.
This is met by taking the Bar Vocational Course for intending barristers, or the Legal Practice Course for intending solicitors.
Over 800 cases are compiled and edited by fully qualified barristers each year.
But many of today's most eminent barristers tend to feel this trend is unhealthy and that a wide range of experience is important.
He is listed in Chambers Guide To the Legal profession as one of the leading junior barristers in housing law.
There are legal submissions by experienced barristers; there is a judgment from the tribunal.