Barrister
Bar´ris`ter
| n. | 1. | Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. See Attorney. |
| Noun | 1. |  barrister - a British lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law |
BARRISTER, English law. A counsellor admitted to plead at the bar.
2. Ouster barrister, is one who pleads ouster or without the bar.
3. Inner barrister, a sergeant or king's counsel who pleads within the
bar.
4. Vacation barrister, a counsellor newly called to the bar, who is to
attend for several long vacations the exercise of the house.
5. Barristers are called apprentices, apprentitii ad legem, being
looked upon as learners, and not qualified until they obtain the degree of
sergeant. Edmund Plowden, the author of the Commentaries, a volume of
elaborate reports in the reigns of Edward VI., Mary, Philip and Mary, and
Elizabeth, describes himself as an apprentice of the common law.