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Webster 1913 Edition

Barrister

Bar′ris-ter

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Noun.
[From
Bar
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Noun.
]
Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. See
Attorney
.
[Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Barrister

BAR'RISTER

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Noun.
[from bar.] A counselor, learned in the laws, qualified and admitted to please at the bar, and to take upon him the defense of clients; answering to the advocate or licentiate of other countries. Anciently, barristers were called, in England, apprentices of the law. Outer barristers are pleaders without the bar, to distinguish them from inner barristers, benchers or readers, who have been sometime admitted to please within the bar, as the king's counsel are.

Definition 2024

barrister

barrister

English

Noun

barrister ‎(plural barristers)

  1. (law, chiefly Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts.

Usage notes

Some legal systems apply a separation of the roles of barrister and solicitor, such that a barrister (only) may address the court on a client's behalf and a solicitor (only) may act as an attorney for clients. In particular, this separation occurs in the UK and in countries that use the UK system. It does not apply in the US. Some systems apply a separation of roles that does not match the barrister/solicitor split.

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Etymology

From bar (a collective term for lawyers or the legal profession) and the suffix -ster.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbæ.ɹɪst.ə(ɹ)/

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