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Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane — On the east side of Chancery Lane, west of Clifford s Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without (O.S. 1875 80). For Honourable Society of Judges and Serjeants at Law. First mention: The messuage called Grey s Place in parish of St. Dunstan in the… … Dictionary of London
Serjeants' Inn, Fleet Street — On the south side of Fleet Street, adjoining the east side of the Temple precincts, in Farringdon Ward Without (O.S. 1880). Another house of the Serjeants at Law. First mention: le Sergeantes Inne, 36 H. VIII. (L. and P. H. VIII. XIX.… … Dictionary of London
Serjeants' Inn — The name of one of the English inns of court of which the serjeants at law were members … Ballentine's law dictionary
Serjeant-at-law — (postnominal SL [cite web | url=http://www.burkes peerage.net/code/hith/help/ahp s.asp | title=Abbreviations (S), Burke s Peerage | accessdate=2006 12 07] ) was an order of barristers at the English or Irish bar. Serjeants at law ( servientes ad… … Wikipedia
Serjeant-at-law — At one time the highest rank of English barrister at the bar; it was abolished in the late 19c. Working in the court of common pleas, the serjeants at law had a monopoly on pleading cases. They were appointed by the king after 16 years of study… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
serjeant-at-law — [sär′jəntat lô′] n. pl. serjeants at law any of a former group of high ranking British barristers * * * … Universalium
serjeant-at-law — [sär′jəntat lô′] n. pl. serjeants at law any of a former group of high ranking British barristers … English World dictionary
serjeant-at-law — noun (plural serjeants at law) Usage: British Date: 1503 a member of a former class of barristers of the highest rank … New Collegiate Dictionary
serjeant-at-law — noun (plural serjeants at law) historical a barrister of the highest rank … English new terms dictionary
common law — 1. the system of law originating in England, as distinct from the civil or Roman law and the canon or ecclesiastical law. 2. the unwritten law, esp. of England, based on custom or court decision, as distinct from statute law. 3. the law… … Universalium
