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Counter

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Counter, the name of two prisons in London, the Poultry Counter and Wood Street Counter, afterwards consolidated into one new-built prison, for the use of the city, to confine debtors, peace-breakers, etc., Cowel.

An advocate or professional pleader; one who counts (i.e. orally recites) for a client, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

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