common lawyer
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From combining common law with lawyer.
Noun[edit]
common lawyer (plural common lawyers)
- A person knowledgeable about common law.
- 1829, The Scots Law Chronicle:
- The common lawyers of England have for centuries gloried in their ignorance of the civil law, and maintained the indescribable superiority of the common law of England, ...
Further reading[edit]
- “common lawyer”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “common lawyer”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.