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Bar in legal
LAW

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 contexts can have multiple meanings, but most originate from the bar in a courtroom
Courtroom

A courtroom is the actual enclosed space in which a judge regularly holds court.The schedule of official court proceedings is called a docket; the term is also synonymous with a court's caseload as a whole....
. Quite simply, the bar is a railing or barrier that separates the front part of a courtroom
Courtroom

A courtroom is the actual enclosed space in which a judge regularly holds court.The schedule of official court proceedings is called a docket; the term is also synonymous with a court's caseload as a whole....
 - which includes a judge
Judge

A judge, or arbiter of justice, is a lead official who presides over a court of law,which is operated by the local, state, and/or federal government....
's bench
Bench (law)

Bench in law contexts means simply the location in a courtroom where a judge sits. The historical roots of that meaning come from the fact that judges formerly sat on long seats or Bench when presiding over a court....
 and tables where attorneys or barristers conduct matters before the court
Court

A court is a body, often a government institution, with the authority to adjudication legal disputes and dispense private law, criminal justice, or administrative law justice in accordance with rules of law....
 - from the back part of the courtroom where observers are permitted to sit. Although many courtrooms do not have an actual railing or physical partition that serves as a bar, most courtrooms have an imaginary barrier that separates the judges and attorneys doing the business of the court from the laypersons
Layman

The term "layman" originated from the use of the term laity, but over the centuries, changed definition to mean a person who is a non-expert in a given field of knowledge....
 watching the court in session.






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Bar in legal
LAW

LAW may refer to:* Anti-tank warfare, e.g. the US Army M72 LAW or the British Army LAW 80*Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights ...
 contexts can have multiple meanings, but most originate from the bar in a courtroom
Courtroom

A courtroom is the actual enclosed space in which a judge regularly holds court.The schedule of official court proceedings is called a docket; the term is also synonymous with a court's caseload as a whole....
. Quite simply, the bar is a railing or barrier that separates the front part of a courtroom
Courtroom

A courtroom is the actual enclosed space in which a judge regularly holds court.The schedule of official court proceedings is called a docket; the term is also synonymous with a court's caseload as a whole....
 - which includes a judge
Judge

A judge, or arbiter of justice, is a lead official who presides over a court of law,which is operated by the local, state, and/or federal government....
's bench
Bench (law)

Bench in law contexts means simply the location in a courtroom where a judge sits. The historical roots of that meaning come from the fact that judges formerly sat on long seats or Bench when presiding over a court....
 and tables where attorneys or barristers conduct matters before the court
Court

A court is a body, often a government institution, with the authority to adjudication legal disputes and dispense private law, criminal justice, or administrative law justice in accordance with rules of law....
 - from the back part of the courtroom where observers are permitted to sit. Although many courtrooms do not have an actual railing or physical partition that serves as a bar, most courtrooms have an imaginary barrier that separates the judges and attorneys doing the business of the court from the laypersons
Layman

The term "layman" originated from the use of the term laity, but over the centuries, changed definition to mean a person who is a non-expert in a given field of knowledge....
 watching the court in session. As such, the bar represents a division of labor that separates professionally
Professional

A professional is a person who has completed a doctoral or law program or equivalent .A professional is someone who has a professional degree - a number one on the Hollingshead scale....
 licensed
Licensure

Licensure refers to the granting of a license, which gives a 'permission to practice.' Such licenses are usually issued in order to regulate some activity that is deemed to be dangerous or a threat to the person or the public or which involves a high level of specialized skill....
 or certified
Professional certification

|}Professional certification, trade certification, or professional designation, often called simply certification or qualification, is a designation earned by a person to assure qualification to perform a job or task....
 lawyers from those without that professional status. The term "the bar," therefore, is a metonymy
Metonymy

Metonymy is a figure of speech used in rhetoric in which a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept....
 that collectively describes all lawyers licensed or certified to practice law in a given court or jurisdiction
Jurisdiction

In law, jurisdiction is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility....
. The term is also used to differentiate lawyers who represent clients ("the bar"), from judges or members of a judiciary
Judiciary

In law, the judiciary is the system of courts which administer justice in the name of the Sovereignty or state, a mechanism for the dispute resolution....
 ("the bench
Bench (law)

Bench in law contexts means simply the location in a courtroom where a judge sits. The historical roots of that meaning come from the fact that judges formerly sat on long seats or Bench when presiding over a court....
"), although the phrase "bench and bar" denotes all judges and lawyers collectively. In the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, when a lawyer has met the regulatory requirements in a certain jurisdiction for licensure to practice law , he or she is "admitted to the bar
Admission to the bar in the United States

In the United States, admission to the bar is permission granted by a particular court system to a Attorney at Law to practice of law in that system....
." In the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, a barrister
Barrister

A barrister is a lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions that employ a split profession in relation to legal representation. In split professions, the other type of lawyer is the solicitor....
 or Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel

Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male Monarch, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of "Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law"....
 (or advocate
Advocate

An advocate is one who speaks on behalf of another person, especially in a legal context. It is used primarily in reference to the system of Scots law, Anglo-Dutch law, Scandinavian law and Law of Israel....
 in Scotland
Scotland

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) is "called to the bar" if admitted to one of the Inns of Court
Inns of Court

The Inns of Court in London are the professional associations to one of which every Barristers in England and Wales must belong. They have supervisory and disciplinary functions over their members....
 (or Faculty of Advocates
Faculty of Advocates

The Faculty of Advocates is an independent body of lawyers who have been admitted to practise as advocates before the courts of Scotland, especially the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary....
 in Scotland). A lawyer who gives up his or her license to practice law as a sanction
Sanctions (law)

Sanctions are wikt:penalty or other means of wikt:enforcement used to provide wikt:incentive for wikt:obedient with the law, or with rules and regulations....
 for wrongdoing is said to be "disbarred
Disbarment

Disbarment is the disqualification of a lawyer from a bar association or the practice of law, thus revoking his admission to practice law or law license....
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See also

  • Admission to the bar
    Admission to the bar

    Admission to practice law, or being licensed to practice law, as a lawyer is a widely varied process across the world. Common to all the jurisdictions are requirements of age, competence, honesty and sometimes citizenship....
  • Admission to the bar in the United States
    Admission to the bar in the United States

    In the United States, admission to the bar is permission granted by a particular court system to a Attorney at Law to practice of law in that system....
  • Bar Association
    Bar association

    A bar association is a professional body of lawyers. Some bar associations are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in their jurisdiction; others are professional organizations dedicated to serving their members; in many cases, they are both....
  • Bench (law)
    Bench (law)

    Bench in law contexts means simply the location in a courtroom where a judge sits. The historical roots of that meaning come from the fact that judges formerly sat on long seats or Bench when presiding over a court....
  • Call to the Bar
    Call 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....
  • Courtroom
    Courtroom

    A courtroom is the actual enclosed space in which a judge regularly holds court.The schedule of official court proceedings is called a docket; the term is also synonymous with a court's caseload as a whole....