serjeant-at-law

English

Alternative forms
  • sergeant-at-law

Noun

serjeants-at-law (plural serjeants-at-law)

  1. (historical) A member of an order of barristers at the English and Irish Bar, who for many centuries had exclusive jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas.
    Synonyms: serjeant, (initialism) SL
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