Queen's Counsels
Queen's Counsels is the plural of Queen's Counsel.
Meaning of Queen's Counsel
Noun
Queen's Counsel (plural Queen's Counsel or Queen's Counsels, abbreviation QC)
- An honorific status officially conferred on senior or meritorious barristers (and occasionally other kinds of lawyer) during the reign of a queen.
- Archibald was one of two Queen’s Counsels on Tortola, a distinguished title that permitted attorneys to be seated at the lead defense table when arguing a case before the court.2003, Lisa Pulitzer, Murder in Paradise: The Mystery Surrounding the Murder of American Lois Livingston McMillen, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 166
- A barrister or advocate appointed by the Crown during the reign of a queen.
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- Queen's Counsels is the plural of Queen's Counsel.
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