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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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... 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


Words linked to "Queen's Counsel" :   Counsel to the Crown


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