outer bar

American  

Or utter bar

noun

English Law.

1. a body of the junior counsel who sit and plead outside the dividing bar in the court, ranking below the King's Counsel or Queen's Counsel.

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outer bar British  

noun

1. (in England) a collective name for junior barristers who plead from outside the bar of the court Compare Queen's Counsel

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outer bar

"Drumheads" use heavy-action, 12-foot surf rods called heavers to launch eight-ounce leads and menhaden chunks into the stratosphere and onto the outer bar.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fish the outer bar using a steady retrieve with a continuous splashing action.

From Time Magazine Archive

Reaching the outer bar, the outer reef or that flowing water in the middle of an inlet will be important.

From Time Magazine Archive

With a two-ounce Gibbs bottle plug coupled with a Red Gill dropper, I started working an outer bar that blocked some of the surf.

From Time Magazine Archive

On cloudy days they lowered with a dull, leaden luster and the weed-grown portions were like the dark squares on a checkerboard, while the deep water beyond the outer bar was steely gray and angry.

From Keziah Coffin by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby