inner bar

American  

noun

English Law.

1. a body of the King's Counsel or Queen's Counsel who sit and plead inside the dividing bar in the court, ranking above the junior counsel.

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inner bar British  

noun

1. all Queen's or King's Counsel collectively

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Example Sentences

There is still a second surf to pass, which breaks on the inner bar, about forty or fifty yards nearer to the shore.

From The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels by Hall, Basil

The Crustacean was to lead the way over the inner bar, and devote her attention to the torpedo station.

From Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

The schooners had anchored just inside the inner bar, and all the necessary preparations having been made, and the tide serving, they again got under weigh.

From Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign by Kingston, William Henry Giles

The inner bar that locked the door by night had been dropped into place ere the boys sat down to supper.

From The Grammar School Boys Snowbound or, Dick & Co. at Winter Sports by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

The inner bar of the harbor was absolutely impassable.

From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by Jackson, W. C.