Leading Counsel

English Law: Leading Counsel in the Past

When there are two or more counsel employed on the same side in a cause, The person who has the main management of the cause, is called the leading counsel, as distinguished from the other, who is called the junior counsel. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]

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1. Partialy, this information about leading counsel is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including leading counsel.

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