Explore Barrister through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like lawyer or attorney. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Barrister meaning
A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts.
Using Barrister
- The main meaning on this page is: A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts.
- Useful related words include: lawyer, attorney.
- In the example corpus, barrister often appears in combinations such as: defence barrister, the barrister, barrister said.
Context around Barrister
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Barrister
- In this selection, "barrister" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, defence, prosecution, themselves, peter, suggested and david stand out and add context to how "barrister" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a defence barrister said the and a barrister for ms. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "barrister" sits close to words such as advertisement, albania and anambra, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with barrister
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Barrister Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has assumed duty as Minister, Federal Ministry of Women affairs. (14 words)
Barrister Ali Zafar, representing PTI, is expected to present the concluding arguments before the bench. (15 words)
A defence barrister said the child had been restrained but had "seemingly managed to release the restraints". (17 words)
A defence barrister said the baton had "sat in a friend's house" and when Pollard was leaving he gathered up his belongings and "the baton was placed into the coat pocket" and "he is not sure whether he put it there or someone else put it there". (48 words)
At a follow-up hearing in London on Tuesday, the duke’s barrister David Sherborne said his legal team’s “next step” was to write to the Government over varying the Leveson Inquiry restriction to allow material to be used. (40 words)
Despite the conceptual distinction between barrister and solicitor, Canadian court documents would contain a phrase such as "John Smith, solicitor for the Plaintiff" even though "John Smith" may well himself be the barrister who argues the case in court. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
At the crown court, Goodfellow was represented by defence barrister Peter Byrne, while the prosecution barrister was William Beardmore.
Abel, England and Wales, 1 and 141. The solicitor retained a barrister if one was necessary and acted as an intermediary between the barrister and the client.
Despite the conceptual distinction between barrister and solicitor, Canadian court documents would contain a phrase such as "John Smith, solicitor for the Plaintiff" even though "John Smith" may well himself be the barrister who argues the case in court.
Differences between barristers and other lawyers Differences A barrister's wigs, Parliament Hall, Edinburgh A barrister, who can be considered as a jurist, is a lawyer who represents a litigant as advocate before a court of appropriate jurisdiction.
Perhaps for this reason, a Nigerian lawyer is also often referred to as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, and many Nigerian lawyers term themselves Barrister-at-Law complete with the postnominal initials "B.
The Benchers also have the exclusive power of expelling or suspending a Bar student and of disbarring a barrister or suspending a barrister from practice.
This allows a barrister to practise in a 'dual capacity', fulfilling the role of both barrister and solicitor.
To practise under the Bar Council of Ireland's rules, a newly qualified barrister is apprenticed to an experienced barrister of at least seven years' experience.
A barrister for Ms McLeod's parents and relatives read from a victim impact statement that said the loss of Charmaine and the children had left a hole that will never be filled.
A defence barrister said the baton had "sat in a friend's house" and when Pollard was leaving he gathered up his belongings and "the baton was placed into the coat pocket" and "he is not sure whether he put it there or someone else put it there".
A defence barrister said the child had been restrained but had "seemingly managed to release the restraints".
Alman's barrister suggested that she had sent Ali a text message demanding £2,500 and if he did not, she would go to the police and make up sexual allegations.
As regards the offences in the hospital, the barrister said that the very location of the incident was an aggravating factor in itself.
At a follow-up hearing in London on Tuesday, the duke’s barrister David Sherborne said his legal team’s “next step” was to write to the Government over varying the Leveson Inquiry restriction to allow material to be used.
Barrister Ali Zafar, representing PTI, is expected to present the concluding arguments before the bench.
Barrister, Joe Brolly, characterised him as a "computer geek" who wrongly became a suspect because of his links with Irish republicanism.
Barrister Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has assumed duty as Minister, Federal Ministry of Women affairs.
Bolton’s barrister said his client had ditched a gambling habit only to go on to acquire a £1,500 weekly drug habit.
Bruce Lehrmann's barrister Steven Whybrow SC has suggested that Brittany Higgins lied to her boss about being raped because she was worried she would lose her job.
But Oncu's barrister Mike Smith said they had twisted the facts to fit allegations his client wanted to destroy the recordings.
Common combinations with barrister
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: