inner bar

American  

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.

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inner bar British  

noun

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

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inner bar

The Crustacean was to lead the way over the inner bar, and devote her attention to the torpedo station.

From Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

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

From The Grammar School Boys Snowbound or, Dick & Co. at Winter Sports by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

The inner bar of the harbor was absolutely impassable.

From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by Jackson, W. C.

Several serious mishaps occurred before the vessels got into the small and altogether insufficient harbor between the seaward bar and the "bulkhead" or inner bar.

From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by Jackson, W. C.

"I will not be controlled, young lady," replied the Lady of Lochleven; "there is, I wot, no inner bar, and I will enter in your despite."

From The Abbot by Scott, Walter, Sir