the bar
Attorneys as group
The bar refers to the legal profession collectively, or the barrier in a courtroom separating the judge, jury, and lawyers from spectators.
To pass the bar is to qualify as a lawyer by passing the bar examination.
She was admitted to the bar in 2019.
The phrase derives from the physical railing that once marked the boundary in courts of law.
- barstoolTall backless pub seat
- bartenderOne who serves drinks
- belly upInsolvent, out of business
- cocktail loungeBar with comfortable seating
- watering holePlace for drinks
happy hour · courtroom · pub · benchmark · speakeasy · clef · attorney · law school · time signature · saloon · staff · tempo · threshold · tavern · barometer · mixology · precedent · measure
- metonymsWall Street, Hollywood, the Kremlin, Capitol Hill, Downing Street
the bardisbarment
Revoking a lawyer's license
disqualification · struck off · the public · laypersons · non-lawyers
the barthe church
Christian religious institution
AA meeting · rehab · sobriety · recovery center · sober living house
bar, barrier, bars, barred, barring, bard, barman, barkeep, barrister