Q.C.
abbreviation
Q.C.
American
Or
QC
QC
British
abbreviation
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Queen's Counsel
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(esp in postal addresses) Quebec
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Instead, Defense Counsel Frederick Lawton, Q.C., argued that "a very, very severe fright," possibly triggered by the events of Podola's arrest, had "brought about his loss of memory."
From Time Magazine Archive
Only one woman Q.C. has yet become a judge in one of Britain's nearly 400 county courts.
From Time Magazine Archive
For two months their brilliant defense counsel, Israel Maisels, Q.C., had hammered away at the Crown's inability to prove that on any particular occasion any of the defendants had preached revolution.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once again the prosecution was up against Kenyatta's flamboyant old defense counsel, Denis Nowell Pritt, Q.C., this time representing Macharia.
From Time Magazine Archive
In January, when the government was scheduled to sum up its charges, the Crown brought in a new prosecutor, the formidable Oswald Pirow, Q.C.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Fiona Rugg, 47, is the youngest daughter of barrister and Christian charity chairman John Smyth QC, who died before he was ever brought to justice.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025
QC New York – Just a five-minute ferry ride from Manhattan, QC New York on Governors’ Island offers endless views, interesting showers, outdoor pools, and spa treatments.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025
The inquiry heard that no attempt to contact the police was made until May 2017, after the board had sought advice from criminal barrister Simon Medland QC.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2024
He went on to study law at the University of Edinburgh, later practising as an advocate in Scotland and becoming a QC.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2024
Ian MacDonald, QC, junior counsel Alistair Kelman and solicitor Deborah Tripley put London University Professor James Griffith-Edwards, an authoritative spokesman on addictive and compulsive behaviours, on the stand as an expert witness.
From Underground by Suelette Dreyfus
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