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 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)

The women and children kept generally on the inner bar, but were quite as expert as the men.

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

"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

Several serious mishaps occurred before the vessels got into the small and altogether insufficient harbor between the seaward bar and the "bulkhead" or inner bar.

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

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