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

After this gale died away, the work of getting the squadron over the inner bar was begun.

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

He then surveyed the body of the court, and at length fixed his glance on the inner bar, where, seated beside Mr. Foxley, I sat, pale and almost breathless with terror.

From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Charles James Lever

The inner bar of the harbor was absolutely impassable.

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

"Move a little to one side, if ye plase," said he to a member of the inner bar.

From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Charles James Lever

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 Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman