ANCIENTS

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ancients. Hist. Certain members of seniority in the Inns of Court and Chancery. • In Gray’s Inn, the society con-sisted of benchers, ancients, barristers, and students under the bar, with the ancients being the oldest barristers. In the Middle Temple, those who passed the readings were termed ancients. The Inns of Chancery consisted of both […]

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ancients

ancients n. 〈英〉资深律师 指伦敦四大律师公会〔Inns of Court〕和预备律师公会〔Inns of Chancery〕中的特定成员。在格雷律师公会,其成员曾一度被分为四部分,即主管〔benchers〕、资深律师〔ancients〕、出庭律师〔barristers〕和学员〔students〕。在中殿律师公会和预备律师公会中曾一度对除学员以外的所有成员均称为资深律师,现在在中殿律师公会中某些资深的出庭律师仍被冠以此称呼,但仅在就餐的活动中使用。

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