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 that had shut her in was broken.

From The Brimming Cup by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

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)

"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

They stated that she and the gig had been towing astern of the Asp, with two hands in each, when, on crossing the inner bar, they both broke adrift together.

From Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign by Kingston, William Henry Giles

"A witness,—a witness, my lord," called out several voices from the passage of the court; while a crowd pushed violently forward, and came struggling onwards till the leading figures were pressed over the inner bar.

From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II by Lever, Charles James