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OF COUNSEL

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An attorney affiliated with a law firm but is not actually a member as an employee, such as a partner or associate. This is an attorney who may work on individual cases that are brought into the firm that deal with the attorney's specialty or for a semi-retired member of the firm. A phrase commonly applied in practice to the counsel employed by a party in a cause, and … [Read more...] about OF COUNSEL

OF COURSE

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That which may be done, in the course of legal proceedings, without making any application to the court; that which is granted by the court without further inquiry, upon its being asked; as, a rule to plead is a matter of course. Any action or step taken in the course of judicial proceedings which will be allowed by the court upon mere application, without any inquiry or … [Read more...] about OF COURSE

OBSTRUCT

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1. To block up; to interpose obstacles; to render impassable; to fill with barriers or impediments; as to obstruct a road or way. 2. To impede or hinder; to interpose ob struct an officer in the execution of his duty. Davis v. State, 76 Ga. 722. 3. As applied to navigable waters, to "ob in their maneuvers. 4. As applied to the operation of rail man approaching on the track. … [Read more...] about OBSTRUCT