inner barrister.
1. QUEEN’S COUNSEL.
2. A student member of an Inn of Court.
outer barrister. A barrister called to the bar, but not called to plead from within it, as a Queen’s Counsel or (formerly) serjeant-at-law is permitted to do; a barrister belonging to the outer bar.
— Also termed utter barrister. See CALL TO THE BAR; OUTER BAR.
vacation barrister. A barrister who, being newly called to the bar, for at least three years must attend inn-of-court functions that are held during the long vacation.