Q.C.
Americanabbreviation
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Queen's Counsel
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(esp in postal addresses) Quebec
Example Sentences
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To plead their case, topflight Barrister Charles Russell, Q.C., carefully briefed by Catholic churchmen, had flown in from London.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead, Defense Counsel Frederick Lawton, Q.C., argued that "a very, very severe fright," possibly triggered by the events of Podola's arrest, had "brought about his loss of memory."
From Time Magazine Archive
Only one woman Q.C. has yet become a judge in one of Britain's nearly 400 county courts.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once again the prosecution was up against Kenyatta's flamboyant old defense counsel, Denis Nowell Pritt, Q.C., this time representing Macharia.
From Time Magazine Archive
In January, when the government was scheduled to sum up its charges, the Crown brought in a new prosecutor, the formidable Oswald Pirow, Q.C.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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