prisoner of the bar
1prisoner at the bar — index convict Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 prisoner at the bar n. A pe …
2prisoner at the bar — An accused person, while on trial before the court, is so called. One accused of crime, who is actually on trial, is in legal effect a prisoner at the bar, notwithstanding he has given bond for his appearance at the trial. He is a prisoner if… …
3bar — The court, in its strictest sense, sitting in full term. The presence, actual or constructive, of the court. Thus a trial at bar is one had before the full court, distinguished from a trial had before a single judge at nisi prius. So the case at… …
4bar — The court, in its strictest sense, sitting in full term. The presence, actual or constructive, of the court. Thus a trial at bar is one had before the full court, distinguished from a trial had before a single judge at nisi prius. So the case at… …
5Prisoner — Pris on*er, n. [F. prisonnier.] 1. One who is confined in a prison. Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] 2. A person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or not; a person held in involuntary restraint; a captive; as, a prisoner at the bar of a …
6Prisoner's base — Prisoner Pris on*er, n. [F. prisonnier.] 1. One who is confined in a prison. Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] 2. A person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or not; a person held in involuntary restraint; a captive; as, a prisoner at the …
7bar — I n. counter or place where drinks are sold 1) to manage, operate, run a bar 2) to stop at a bar (on the way home); to drink at the bar; to drop into a bar 3) a cash (AE); cocktail; coffee (BE); gay; open ( free ); public (BE); salad; saloon… …
8bar — [12] The history of bar cannot be traced back very far. Forms in various Romance languages, such as French barre (source of the English verb) and Italian and Spanish barra, point to a Vulgar Latin *barra, but beyond that nothing is known. The… …
9bar — [12] The history of bar cannot be traced back very far. Forms in various Romance languages, such as French barre (source of the English verb) and Italian and Spanish barra, point to a Vulgar Latin *barra, but beyond that nothing is known. The… …
10prisoner — n. 1 a person kept in prison. 2 (in full prisoner at the bar) a person in custody on a criminal charge and on trial. 3 a person or thing confined by illness, another s grasp, etc. 4 (in full prisoner of war) a person who has been captured in war …