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How to use barrister in a sentence

16 example sentences · noun

Barrister means a lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts. Example: “Barristers who are members of another Inn may join Lincoln's Inn as an ad eundem member.”

Examples of barrister by meaning

nounA lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts.

  • Postmen, binmen, dock workers, even barristers are now on strike.2022 September 7, Philip Haigh, “Comment: More strikes and poor morale”, in RAIL, number 965, page 3

More sentences with barrister

  • Barristers who are members of another Inn may join Lincoln's Inn as an ad eundem member.From the entry ad eundem
  • My father was a barrister by profession.From the entry profession
  • It is the duty of the individual juror to strive to avoid any misappreciation of the evidence, no matter how it is represented by the barristers.From the entry misappreciation
  • Britain faces a hugely costly settling of accounts, whatever parti pris barristers may advise.2017 March 26, “The Observer view on triggering article 50”, in The Observer, →ISSN. From the entry parti pris
  • Each director had his own team of two, and in some cases three, defence barristers.2011, Martin Vander Weyer, “[Misfeasance] Wilful Neglect?”, in Fortune’s Spear: The Story of the Blue-Blooded Rogue Behind the Most…. From the entry King's Counsel
  • The barrister went on to say that his client 'remains persecuted and victimised.2004, Michael Sheridan, Death in December: The Story of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier, updated edition, Dublin: O’Brien, →ISBN, page 194. From the entry dna
  • An English lawyer, whether barrister or solicitor, never has an office, but always chambers.[1945, H. L. Mencken, The American Language, supplement 1, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →OCLC, page 503. From the entry office
  • My son Kevalram says it is very easy to become a barrister.1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xi. From the entry for the asking
  • Think of that barrister who has just come back from England.1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xi. From the entry for the asking
  • It was noticeable that Mr Murdoch, happy to toy with the barrister like a cat with a baby mouse, kept sir-ring the judge Uriah Heepishly.2012 April 26, Matthew Engel, “As sharp as a tack, Murdoch makes his points at Leveson press inquiry”, in Financial Times, page 1. From the entry Uriah Heepishly
  • He could be exposed to legions of unattached, macro skirted, skorted and generally leggy, attractive, professional accountants, doctors, solicitors, barristers etc, etc.2009, Penny Isaacs, Sarah Lockett, The Dish, page 89. From the entry skorted
  • Perhaps I should explain the obscure legal process that has to be gone through in the unfrocking, or should I say unwigging, of a barrister.1992, John Mortimer, “Rumpole on Trial”, in Rumpole on Trial, Penguin, page 225. From the entry unwigging
  • Next day I paid a visit to a Chancery barrister of my acquaintance whose hobby was mediæval Greek, and who had written a monograph on Aldus Manutius.2007, John Buchan, The Dancing Floor, page 50. From the entry Mediæval Greek
  • My chances, slender at best, rested with (the barrister Emmet Bourke), and I was sorry to find myself developing a thin, sharp dislike for the man.1988, Thomas Flanagan, novel: The Tenants of Time chapter 11. From the entry lapidary
  • A leading KC who as a young barrister represented the Association of London Authorities at the Fennell Inquiry into the King's Cross fire, he is associated with Labour's Corbynite left.2024 July 24, “Network News: Labour's new team at DfT packed with railway experience”, in RAIL, number 1014, page 9. From the entry kc

Meaning of barrister

  1. noun A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts.

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Questions about barrister in a sentence

How do you use barrister in a sentence?
Barrister is used as a noun. For example: “Barristers who are members of another Inn may join Lincoln's Inn as an ad eundem member.”
What is a short sentence with barrister?
“My father was a barrister by profession.”
What does barrister mean?
Barrister means a lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts.

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