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Queen's Counsel   /kwinz kˈaʊnsəl/   Listen
Queen's Counsel

noun
1.
Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a queen.





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"Queen's counsel" Quotes from Famous Books



... require it. If they do this punctually and diligently, without knocking up, they will be permitted to draw salaries computed at the rate of about one-third of the emoluments received by a third-rate Queen's Counsel; and if they grow lazy, or are incapacitated by illness, they will be rewarded by a number of personal attacks in the London newspapers. Applications to be sent to the Lord Chancellor (endorsed "Extra Judges to suppress outside clamour") as early as possible. Every candidate ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101. October 24, 1891 • Various


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