An advocate or barrister. A member of the legal profession whose special function is to give counsel or advice as to the legal aspects of judicial controversies, or their preparation and management and to appear in court for the conduct of trials, or the argument of causes, or presentation of motions, or any other legal business that takes him into the presence of the court In … [Read more...]

In old English law. The little seat or mansion belonging to a small farm. … [Read more...]

offices. An officer in the supreme court of the United States, and in some other courts, who is employed by a party in a cause, to conduct the same on its trial on his behalf. He differs from an attorney at law. 2. In the supreme court of the United States, the two degrees of attorney and counsel are kept separate, and no person is permitted to practise both. It is the duty of … [Read more...]

The seat of a cottage with the land belonging to it Spelman. … [Read more...]

A cot or hut. Blount … [Read more...]