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call to the bar

call to the bar noun: admission to practice in the courts.

Noun (1)

call to the bar (plural calls to the bar)

  1. (idiomatic) Admission to practice in the courts.

Verb (1)

call to the bar (third-person singular simple present calls to the bar, present participle calling to the bar, simple past and past participle called to the bar)

  1. (idiomatic) To admit (someone) to practice in the courts.

Noun (2) capitalized: call to the Bar

call to the Bar (plural calls to the Bar)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of call to the bar.

Verb (2) capitalized: call to the Bar

call to the Bar (third-person singular simple present calls to the Bar, present participle calling to the Bar, simple past and past participle called to the Bar)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of call to the bar.

Forms of call to the bar

Noun
pluralcalls to the bar
pluralcalls to the Bar
Verb
third-person singular presentcalls to the bar
present participlecalling to the bar
past participlecalled to the bar
pastcalled to the bar
alternative formcall to the Bar
third-person singular presentcalls to the Bar
present participlecalling to the Bar
past participlecalled to the Bar
pastcalled to the Bar

Questions about call to the bar

What does call to the bar mean?
Call to the bar means admission to practice in the courts.
What part of speech is call to the bar?
Call to the bar can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of call to the bar?
The plural of call to the bar is calls to the bar.

Words near call to the bar in the dictionary

  1. call to arms
  2. call to mind
  3. call to order
  4. call to prayer
  5. call to task
  6. call to the bar
  7. call together
  8. call tree
  9. call trees
  10. call up
  11. call upon

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