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serjeant at law — In English legal history, an elite order of attorneys who had the exclusive privilege of arguing before the Court of Common Pleas and also supplied the judges for both Common Pleas and the Court of the King s Bench. Dictionary from West s… … Law dictionary
Serjeant-at-law — (postnominal SL [cite web | url=http://www.burkes peerage.net/code/hith/help/ahp s.asp | title=Abbreviations (S), Burke s Peerage | accessdate=2006 12 07] ) was an order of barristers at the English or Irish bar. Serjeants at law ( servientes ad… … Wikipedia
Serjeant at law — (engl.), soviel wie Sergeant at law (s. d.) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
serjeant-at-law — [sär′jəntat lô′] n. pl. serjeants at law any of a former group of high ranking British barristers * * * … Universalium
serjeant-at-law — [sär′jəntat lô′] n. pl. serjeants at law any of a former group of high ranking British barristers … English World dictionary
serjeant at law — (Brit.) special type of British lawyer … English contemporary dictionary
serjeant at law — Sergeant Ser geant, n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, entis, p. pr. of servire to serve. See {Serve}, and cf. {Servant}.] [Written also {serjeant}. Both spellings are authorized. In England {serjeant} is usually preferred, except for military… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Serjeant-at-law — At one time the highest rank of English barrister at the bar; it was abolished in the late 19c. Working in the court of common pleas, the serjeants at law had a monopoly on pleading cases. They were appointed by the king after 16 years of study… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
serjeant-at-law — noun an English barrister of the highest rank • Syn: ↑serjeant, ↑sergeant at law, ↑sergeant • Hypernyms: ↑barrister … Useful english dictionary
serjeant-at-law — noun (plural serjeants at law) Usage: British Date: 1503 a member of a former class of barristers of the highest rank … New Collegiate Dictionary
