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Disbarring, expelling a barrister from the bar, a power vested in the benchers of each of the four Inns of Court, subject to an appeal to the judges. A barrister may be disbarred upon his own application, as for example, if he wants to become a solicitor....
disbar
disbar : to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of a license to practice law usually for engaging in unethical or illegal practices compare debar dis·bar·ment n ...
Disbarment
Act of disbarring...
debar
debar de·barred de·bar·ring : to bar from having or doing something ;specif : to exclude from contracting with the federal government or a federal contractor [was debarred from bidding] compare disbar de·bar·ment n ...
moral turpitude
moral turpitude 1 : an act or behavior that gravely violates the sentiment or accepted standard of the community 2 : a quality of dishonesty or other immorality that is determined by a court to be present in the commission of a criminal offense [a crime involving moral turpitude] compare malum in se NOTE: Whether a criminal offense involves moral turpitude is an important determination in deportation, disbarment, and other disciplinary hearings. Past crimes involving moral turpitude usually may also be introduced as evidence to impeach testimony. Theft, perjury, vice crimes, bigamy, and rape have generally been found to involve moral turpitude, while liquor law violations and disorderly conduct generally have not. ...
proceeding
proceeding 1 : a particular step or series of steps in the enforcement, adjudication, or administration of rights, remedies, laws, or regulations: as a : an action, hearing, trial, or application before the court collateral proceeding : a proceeding that concerns an order, motion, petition, or writ deriving from or sought in relation to another proceeding (as a trial) [a collateral proceeding on a motion to have the judge in a pending trial disqualified] ;esp : one in which a collateral attack on a judgment is made [sought to avoid the effect of the judgment in a collateral proceeding after denial of a direct appeal] core proceeding : a proceeding (as one instituted by a debtor against a creditor) that is integral to the administration of a bankruptcy estate and so falls under the jurisdiction of the bankruptcy court non-core proceeding : a proceeding involving a matter that relates to a bankruptcy case but that does not arise under bankruptcy laws, that could be adjudicated i...
Disbar
To expel from the bar or the legal profession to deprive an attorney barrister or counselor of his status and privileges as such...
Benchers
Benchers, more properly styled Masters of the Bench, seniors in the Inns of Court, usually but not necessarily King's Counsel, elected by co-optation, and having the entire management of the property of their respective Inns. The benchers have also the power of punishing a barrister guilty of misconduct, by either admonishing or rebuking him, by prohibiting him from dining in the hall or using the library, or even by expelling him from the Bar, called disbarring. They may also refuse admission to a student, or reject his call to the Bar, as was done in two cases in 1888. There is an appeal from them to the judges, R. v. Gray's Inn, (1780) 1 Dougl. 353. See Odgers on Inns of Court and of Chancery....
Solicitor
Solicitor, an officer of the Supreme Court of Judicature, who, and who only, is entitled to 'sue out any writ or process, or commence, carry on, solicit, or defend any action, suit or other proceeding' in any Court whatever (see (English) Solicitors Act, 1932, s. 45). 'Solicitor of the Supreme Court' was the title given by the (English) Judicature Act, 1843, s. 87, to all attorneys, solicitors, and proctors, and continued by (English) Solicitors Act 1932, s. 81. Prior to that Act, 'attorneys' conducted business in the Common Law Courts, 'solicitors' business in the Court of Chancery and 'proctors' ecclesiastical and Admiralty business; but it was the general practice, although any person might be admitted to practise as an attorney or solicitor only, to be admitted to practise as an attorney and solicitor also.Solicitors practise as advocates before magistrates at petty sessions and quarter sessions where there is no bar, in County Courts, at Arbitrations, at Judges' Chambers, Coroners...
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