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Barrister vs Barristering - What's the difference?

barrister | barristering |

As nouns the difference between barrister and barristering

is that barrister is a lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts while barristering is the activity of working as a barrister.

barrister

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (legal, chiefly, UK, Irish, Australian, NZ) A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts.

    • 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.

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    barristering

    English

    Noun

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  • The activity of working as a barrister
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 17, Helen T. Verongos, John Mortimer, Barrister and Writer Who Created Rumpole, Dies at 85, New York Times, url=
    • , passage=Somehow, despite the demands of his chosen careers — a “schizoid business of being a writer who had barristering as a day job,” he said — Mr. Mortimer also found time to pursue his lifelong interest in women, write for newspapers and keep up the garden nurtured by his father