barrister

English

Etymology

From bar (a collective term for lawyers or the legal profession) and the suffix -ster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæ.ɹɪst.ə(ɹ)/

• Audio (AU):

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Noun

barrister (plural barristers)

1. (law, chiefly UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts.

Usage notes

Some legal systems apply a separation of the roles of barrister and solicitor, such that a barrister (only) may address the court on a client's behalf and a solicitor (only) may act as an attorney for clients. In particular, this separation occurs in the UK and in countries that use the UK system. It does not apply in the US. Some systems apply a separation of roles that does not match the barrister/solicitor split.

Translations

lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts

• Bulgarian: адвока́т (bg) m (advokát)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 律師／律师 (zh) (lǜshī), 律师 (zh) (lǜshī)

• Dutch: advocaat (nl) m, advocate (nl) f
• Esperanto: advokato (eo)
• Finnish: asianajaja (fi)
• French: bâtonnier (fr) m
• German: Barrister m, Anwalt (de) m, Anwältin (de) f, Rechtsanwalt (de) m, Rechtsanwältin (de) f
• Greek: συνηγόρος m or f (synigóros)
• Icelandic: málafærslumaður (is) m
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• Interlingue:
• Italian: avvocato (it) m
• Japanese: 弁護士 (ja) (べんごし, bengoshi)
• Norman: avocat m, homme d'affaithes m
• Polish: adwokat (pl) m
• Portuguese: barrister m
• Romanian: avocat (ro) m, avocată (ro) f
• Russian: адвока́т (ru) m (advokát), ба́рристер (ru) m (bárristɛr) (Anglophone countries)
• Spanish: legalista (es) m
• Thai: เนติบัณฑิต (nee-dtì-ban-dìt)

See also

• barristor

Further reading

• barrister on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Barristers in England and Wales on Wikipedia.Wikipedia