Barrister vs Attorny - What's the difference?
barrister | attorny |
(legal, chiefly, UK, Irish, Australian, NZ) A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts.
(obsolete, or, proscribed)
* {{quote-book, year=1829, author=Edward Law (Lord Ellenborough), title=A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II, chapter=, edition=1881 ed.
, passage=The attornies , who are numerous and powerful, very hostile. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1872, author=Charles Kent, title=Charles Dickens as a Reader, chapter=, edition=
, passage=That "most wonderful woman in the world," Aunt Betsey, for example; or that most laconic of carriers, Mr. Barkis; or, to name yet one other, Uriah Heep, that reddest and most writhing of rascally attornies . }}
* {{quote-news, year=1988, date=April 22, author=Bill Burck, title=Local Color: A Night in Court, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=The hand-stenciled sign over the center door reads, "No attornies [sic] allowed in assembly." }}
As nouns the difference between barrister and attorny
is that barrister is a lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts while attorny is an alternative spelling of attorney.barrister
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(en noun)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.External links
* *attorny
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