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

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inner bar

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

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

Placing the boards on the water, they threw themselves on them, and then swam out, diving under the breakers of the inner bar, and appearing on the in-shore side of the outer one.

From A Voyage round the World A book for boys by Kingston, William Henry Giles

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.

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 had shut her in was broken.

From The Brimming Cup by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield