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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SERGEANT AT LAW

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Sergeant at law is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SERGEANT AT LAW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sergeant at law

Serjeant-at-law

The Serjeants-at-Law was an order of barristers at the English bar. The position of Serjeant-at-Law, or Sergeant-Counter, was centuries old; there are writs dating to 1300 which identify them as descended from figures in France prior to the Norman Conquest. The Serjeants were the oldest formally created order in England, having been brought into existence as a body by Henry II. The order rose during the 16th century as a small, elite group of lawyers who took much of the work in the central common law courts. With the creation of Queen's Counsel during the reign of Elizabeth I, the order gradually began to decline, with each monarch opting to create more King's or Queen's Counsel. The Serjeants' exclusive jurisdictions were ended during the 19th century, and with the Judicature Act 1873 coming into force in 1875, it was felt that there was no need to have such figures, and no more were created. The last Serjeant-at-Law was Lord Lindley. The Serjeants had for many centuries exclusive jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas, being the only lawyers allowed to argue a case there.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SERGEANT AT LAW

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SERGEANT AT LAW

administrative law
case law
civil law
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contract law
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Synonyms and antonyms of sergeant at law in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sergeant at law» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SERGEANT AT LAW

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Translator English - Chinese

警长在法律上
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sargento de la ley
570 millions of speakers

English

sergeant at law
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कानून में सार्जेंट
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

رقيب في القانون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сержант по закону
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sargento na lei
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আইন অনুযায়ী সার্জেন্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sergent au droit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sarjan di undang-undang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sergeant at law
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

法律で巡査部長
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

법률 에서 상사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sarjana ing hukum
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

trung sĩ theo pháp luật
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சட்டத்தரணி சார்ஜென்ட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कायद्यानुसार सार्जंट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hukukçu çavuş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sergeant at law
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sierżant w prawo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сержант за законом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sergent la lege
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

λοχίας στο νόμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sersant by die wet
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

sergeant vid lag
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sersjant ved lov
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SERGEANT AT LAW»

Discover the use of sergeant at law in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sergeant at law and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chaucer's Pilgrims: An Historical Guide to the Pilgrims in ...
... Year Books of Richard II, 1378- 79 xxxiii-xxxiv). Next to justice of one of the king's courts at Westminster, the rank of king's sergeant-at-law was the highest in the legal profession in Chaucer's day. By the fifteenth century, sergeants-at-law had ...
Laura C. Lambdin, Robert T. Lambdin, 1999
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The American Jurist and Law Magazine
NOTICES OFJNEW BOOKS Summary of the Criminal Law. By Henry J. Stephen, Sergeant at Law. London. 1834. 8vo. pp. 506. A new work from Mr. Stephen is a matter of some interest. His ' Treatise on Pleading,' — published not many years ...
‎1834
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Angliae notitia ; or, the present state of England : the ...
Sir Job Charleton, Kt. Chief Justice of Che ster, His Majesties Sergeant at Law. Sir Timothy Turner, Kt. His Majesties Sergeant at Law. Sir Thomas Jones, Kt. His Majesties Sergeant at Law. Sir Samuel Baldwin, Kt. His Majesties Sergeant at Law ...
Edward Chamberlayne, 1676
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The House and Farm Accounts of the Shuttleworths of ...
RICHARD Snurrnawoa'rn, SERGEANT-AT-LAW, AND JUDGE or CHESTER. To the brief records of this distinguished member of the ancient family already given in the genealogical account and in the pedigree, it is only fitting to add some ...
Shuttleworth family, John Harland, 1856
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The house and farm accounts of the Shuttleworths of ...
from September 1582 to October 1621 John Harland, Chetham Society. Sir Richard Shuttleworth, Sergeant-at-Law, and Judge of Chester. To the brief records of this distinguished member of the ancient family already given in the genealogical ...
John Harland, Chetham Society, 1856
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Remains, Historical & Literary, Connected with the Palatine ...
Sir Richard Shuttleworth, Sergeant-at-Law, and Judge op Chester. To the brief records of this distinguished member of the ancient family already given in the genealogical account and in the pedigree, it is only fitting to add some further ...
‎1856
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The house and farm accounts of the Shuttleworths of ...
Sir Richard Shuttleworth, Sergeant-at-Law, and Judge of Chester. To the brief records of this distinguished member of the ancient family already given in the genealogical account and in the pedigree, it is only fitting to add some further ...
Chetham Society, Shuttleworth family, John Harland, 1856
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Is Administrative Law Unlawful?
The Reading of That Famous and Learned Gentleman, Robert Callis Esq; Sergeant at Law, Upon the Statute of23 H. 8. Cap. 5. ofSewers: As it was Delivered by Him at Grays-Inn, in August, 1622, at 80 (London: 1647); Ida Darlington, “The ...
Philip Hamburger, 2014
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The House and Farm Accounts of the Shuttleworths of ...
Tho: Gent made Sergeant-at-Law, 2 Junii. (Pat. 26 Eliz. p. 12.) Ricardus Shuttleworth, similiter 4 Julii. (lbid.) Postea Justiciar. Cestriae. It thus appears that Richard Shuttleworth became Sergeant-at-Law on the 4th July 1584. In these Accounts ...
John Harland, 1856
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The Metropolitan Magazine
Previous to l834, no counsel who had not attained to the rank of a sergeant-at- law, had the right of pleading in the Court of Common Pleas; but by a warrant under the king's sign manual, this exclusive privilege of the sergeants was abolished ...
‎1837

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