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

"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

There is still a second surf to pass, which breaks on the inner bar, about forty or fifty yards nearer to the shore.

From The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels by Hall, Basil

Placing the boards on the water, they threw themselves on them, and then swam out, diving under the breakers of the inner bar, and appearing on the in-shore side of the outer one.

From A Voyage round the World A book for boys by Kingston, William Henry Giles

The inner bar of the harbor was absolutely impassable.

From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by Jackson, W. C.