单词 | barrister |
释义 | bar·ris·ter /'bar-ə-stər/ n [Middle English barrester, from barre bar + -ster (as in legister lawyer)] 1: a lawyer who argues cases before a British court; esp: one who is allowed to argue before a British high court compare solicitor ◇ Many countries in the Commonwealth (as England and Australia) and the Republic of Ireland divide the legal profession into barristers and solicitors. In Canada, every lawyer is both a barrister and a solicitor, although individual lawyers may describe themselves as one or the other. Scotland uses the term advocate to refer to lawyers allowed to argue cases in its courts. 2: lawyer |
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