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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Example Sentences

The mortars used at the life-stations will not carry a life-line to a vessel at five hundred yards from the shore in the teeth of a gale, and are therefore useless at that distance; but if the wreck is fortunate enough to be lifted over the inner bar by the sea, it will strike the beach at a distance where it is practicable to save life under ordinary contingencies.

From Project Gutenberg

Under threats from their captors the British crew were turned up from below and compelled to assist in handing and stowing the gear, for it was von Riesser's intention to lighten his vessel as much as possible, so as to attempt the inner bar at least a couple of days before the new moon.

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They were under orders to cross the inner bar and ascend the Mohoro River.

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The time of high water had gone, and the tide was beginning to fall, when the Myra essayed the task of crossing the inner bar.

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Arriving at the entrance to the Mohoro River the Myra made no attempt to recross the inner bar.

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