Inns of Court
the four voluntary legal societies in England (Lincoln's Inn, the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple, and Gray's Inn ) that have the exclusive privilege of calling candidates to the English bar after they have received such instruction and taken such examinations as the Inns provide.
the buildings owned and used by the Inns.
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How to use Inns of Court in a sentence
The pecuniary means of Inns-of-Court students have not varied much throughout the last twelve generations.
A Book About Lawyers | John Cordy JeaffresonHe is exceedingly censured by the inns-of-court men, for that heinous vice being out of fashion.
Microcosmography | John EarleBut he is now gone to the inns-of-court, where he studies to forget what he learned before, his acquaintance and the fashion.
Microcosmography | John EarleHe is exceedingly censured by the inns-of-court men, for that heinous vice, being out of fashion.
Character Writings of the 17th Century | VariousBy his means the law makes more knaves than it hangs, and, like the Inns-of-Court, protects offenders against itself.
Character Writings of the 17th Century | Various
British Dictionary definitions for Inns of Court
(in England) the four private unincorporated societies in London that function as a law school and have the exclusive privilege of calling candidates to the English bar: See Lincoln's Inn, Inner Temple, Middle Temple, Gray's Inn
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