chamber counsel

British

noun

a counsel who advises in private and does not plead in court

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To the character of an orator he made no pretensions, but he evinced great ability as a chamber counsel.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles

One will plead in court, another will give chamber counsel, and a third will take that lower business which must be done, but which first-rate men hardly like to do.

From North America — Volume 2 by Trollope, Anthony

Limerick man, was educated in Dublin and called to the English bar, but owing to deafness was more successful as a chamber counsel than as a pleader.

From The Glories of Ireland by Lennox, P. J.

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