barrister
    n 1: a British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher
         courts of law on behalf of either the defense or
         prosecution

Barrister \Bar"ris*ter\, n. [From Bar, n.]
   Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the bar, and
   undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from
   an attorney or solicitor. See Attorney. [Eng.]
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BARRISTER, English law. A counsellor admitted to plead at the bar. 
     2. Ouster barrister, is one who pleads ouster or without the bar.
     3. Inner barrister, a sergeant or king's counsel who pleads within the 
bar. 
     4. Vacation barrister, a counsellor newly called to the bar, who is to 
attend for several long vacations the exercise of the house. 
     5. Barristers are called apprentices, apprentitii ad legem, being 
looked upon as learners, and not qualified until they obtain the degree of 
sergeant. Edmund Plowden, the author of the Commentaries, a volume of 
elaborate reports in the reigns of Edward VI., Mary, Philip and Mary, and 
Elizabeth, describes himself as an apprentice of the common law.