counsel
noun /ˈkaʊn.səl/Definition
› [U] formal advice: I should have listened to my father's wise counsel, and saved some money instead of spending it all.Giving advice C2 [S] legal one or more of the lawyers taking part in a legal case: The judge addressed counsel. Counsel for the defence (= the lawyer giving advice to the accused person) argued convincingly that his client was not guilty.Lawyers and legal officials
(Definition of counsel noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- advocate noun (LAWYER)
- articled adjective
- attorney general noun
- attorney noun
- bailiff noun
- barrister noun
- coroner noun
- counsellor noun
- defence noun (EXPLANATION)
- district attorney noun
- draftswoman noun
- draughtswoman noun
- KC noun
- lawyer noun
- marshal noun (LAW)
- prosecution noun (LEGAL)
- prosecutor noun
- public prosecutor noun
- QC noun
- sheriff noun
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