inner bar

noun

, English Law.

1. a body of the King's Counsel or Queen's Counsel who sit and plead inside the dividing bar in the court, ranking above the junior counsel.

inner bar

noun

1. all Queen's or King's Counsel collectively

Example Sentences

After this gale died away, the work of getting the squadron over the inner bar was begun.

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"Move a little to one side, if ye plase," said he to a member of the inner bar.

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There is still a second surf to pass, which breaks on the inner bar, about forty or fifty yards nearer to the shore.

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The inner bar that locked the door by night had been dropped into place ere the boys sat down to supper.

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The women and children kept generally on the inner bar, but were quite as expert as the men.

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