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Queen's Counsel en · NOUN

Etymology

queen's + counsel

Meanings

1. (Canada, New-Zealand, UK, qualifier:occasionally Australia) 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:
   • Barr’s three Queen’s Counsel absorbed Kawashima as they pored over reports from both sides. 2020, Brian Deer, “Unblinded”, in The Doctor Who Fooled the World: Andrew Wakefield’s War on Vaccines, Brunswick, Vic.: Scribe Publications, →ISBN:
2. (UK, historical) A barrister or advocate appointed by the Crown during the reign of a queen.

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Relateds

Senior Counsel · take silk

Translations (6)

vo kronahilavogan (a barrister) · de Kronanwalt (a barrister) · vo kronajilavogan (a barrister) · vo kronalavogan (a barrister) · de Kronanwältin (a barrister) · cmn 御用大律師 /御用大律师 (a barrister)