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 inner bar of the harbor was absolutely impassable.

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

The women and children kept generally on the inner bar, but were quite as expert as the men.

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

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

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

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

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