junior counsel
Americannoun
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a body of barristers who are lower in rank than the King's Counsel or Queen's Counsel, and who plead outside the bar in the court.
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a member of this body of barristers.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Hutchinson was junior counsel for his best-known case, when he defended Penguin Books against obscenity charges in 1960 for publishing an uncensored version of D.H.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 15, 2017
They were then prosecuted by the office of the PPS, which was represented at all times in court by an experienced senior and junior counsel.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2014
The trial was adjourned until Monday because Mopp’s junior counsel was suffering chicken pox and Mopp was forced to present the case solely.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 14, 2014
When junior counsel assisting at Icac, Greg Mahoney, suggested this was extraordinary, McKelligott replied: “Yeah.”
From The Guardian ● Aug. 18, 2014
So enough was collected to brief an exceedingly junior counsel, who did his useless best.
From A Child of the Jago by Morrison, Arthur
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