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sergeant-at-law

sergeant-at-law is the alternative form of serjeant-at-law.

Meaning of serjeant-at-law

Noun

serjeants-at-law (plural serjeants-at-law)

  1. (historical) A member of an order of barristers at the English and Irish Bar, who for many centuries had exclusive jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas.
    Synonyms:
    serjeant, SL

Forms of sergeant-at-law

pluralsergeants-at-law

Questions about sergeant-at-law

What is sergeant-at-law the alternative form of?
Sergeant-at-law is the alternative form of serjeant-at-law.

Words near sergeant-at-law in the dictionary

  1. sergeant major
  2. sergeant major loach
  3. sergeant major loaches
  4. sergeant majors
  5. sergeant-at-arms
  6. sergeant-at-law
  7. sergeant-major
  8. sergeant-majorly
  9. sergeant-majors
  10. sergeantcies
  11. sergeantcy

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