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  • 1individual admitted to the bar — index counselor Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2America’s first woman admitted to the bar was Arabella Mansfield — Arabella Mansfield of Iowa on June 15, 1869, when the admitting judge ruled that the word men in the state law meant men and/or women. Mrs. Mansfield never actively practiced but served as a professor at Iowa Wesleyan and later DePauw. Nolo’s… …

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  • 3America’s first woman admitted to the bar was — Arabella Mansfield of Iowa on June 15, 1869, when the admitting judge ruled that the word men in the state law meant men and/or women. Mrs. Mansfield never actively practiced but served as a professor at Iowa Wesleyan and later DePauw. Nolo’s… …

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  • 4the bar — UK US (also the Bar) /bɑːr/ noun [S] LAW ► UK the group of barristers (= lawyers who are allowed to argue a case in a higher court), or the profession of such lawyers: »a member of the bar »He was called to the bar (= became a barrister) in 2006 …

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  • 5be admitted to the bar — be accepted to the body of persons who are qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction, passed the exam to enter the organization which authorized lawyers to practice law …

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  • 6Call to the Bar — The Call to the Bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions. Common law jurisdictions were all at one time part of the British Empire.Fact|date=August 2007 Being called to the Bar has its origin in the royal summons that was… …

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  • 7Admission to the bar in the United States — For information on individual state bars, see state bar association. Legal education in the United States …

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  • 8be called to the Bar — ► be called (or go) to the Bar Brit. be admitted as a barrister. Main Entry: ↑bar …

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  • 9be go to the Bar — ► be called (or go) to the Bar Brit. be admitted as a barrister. Main Entry: ↑bar …

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  • 10Bar (law) — The bar (with swinging gate doors) in an American courtroom that separates the judge s bench and lawyer s tables from the public viewing area in the foreground. The term bar is also a metonym used to collectively define the group of licensed… …

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