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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inner bar

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 locked the door by night had been dropped into place ere the boys sat down to supper.

From The Grammar School Boys Snowbound or, Dick & Co. at Winter Sports by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

"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 Lever, Charles James

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)

The schooners had anchored just inside the inner bar, and all the necessary preparations having been made, and the tide serving, they again got under weigh.

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