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barrister Definition


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barrister
noun
    1. In England and Wales: a lawyer qualified to act for someone in the higher law courts.
Etymology: 15c: either from Latin barra bar, or from bar1, originally referring to the partition inside the Inns of Court which separated the benchers from the junior counsel and the public, etc.



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