(Encyclopedia) Bar Kokba, Simon, or Simon Bar CochbaSimon Bar Cochbakōkˈbə [key] [Heb.,=son of the star], d. a.d. 135, Hebrew hero and leader of a major revolt against Rome under Hadrian (132–135).…
The whole body of barristers; as bench means the whole body of bishops. “A dinner was given to the English Bar.” —The Times. Bar excepting. In racing phrase a man will bet “Two to one,…
(Encyclopedia) Bar, Confederation of, union formed in 1768 at Bar, in Podolia (now in W Ukraine), by a number of Polish nobles to oppose the interference of Catherine II of Russia in Polish affairs.…
A practice of barring the master out of the schoolroom in order to dictate terms to him. It was once common, but is now numbered with past customs. Miss Edgeworth has a tale so called.…
Judges and pleaders. The bench is the seat on which a judge sits. The bar of a court was formerly a wooden barrier, to separate the counsel from the audience. Now, silk gowns (q.v. ) sit…
The prisoner in the dock, who is on his trial; so called because anciently he stood at the bar which separated the barristers from the common pleaders. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…
Trials which occupy the attention of the four judges in the superior court, instead of at Nisi Prius. These trials are for very difficult causes, and before special juries. (See Wharton:…
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