serjeant-at-law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

serjeant-at-law serjeants-at-law sergeant-at-law

Synonyms

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