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

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 Lever, Charles James

He also discovered sockets for an inner bar, by which the hermit probably locked himself in at night.

From The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze by Patchin, Frank Gee

"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

We passed into the quiet of the inner bar, the Red Marine zealously leading the way.

From Traffics and Discoveries by Kipling, Rudyard

"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