| 释义 |
devil
1. n. A junior member of the Bar who does work (usually settling statements of case or writing opinions) for a more senior barrister under an informal arrangement between them and without reference to the senior’s instructing solicitor. The Junior Counsel to the Treasury is sometimes referred to as the Attorney General’s devil. 2. n. In Scotland, a trainee or apprentice advocate; a period of devilling involves taking advocacy skills courses and spending time under one principal devilmaster and at least one other devilmaster, in order to prepare for practice. 3. vb. To act as a devil. |