| 单词 | prime serjeant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprime serjeant c. prime serjeant: the title given until 1805 to the first in rank of the three (earlier two) serjeants-at-law in Ireland. (Afterwards called first serjeant.) ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > counsellor, barrister, or advocate > serjeant > specific prime serjeant1666 1666 in Cal. State Papers Ireland 1666–9 (1908) 73 Sir Audley Mervin, Prime Sergeant at Law. 1733 G. Berkeley Let. in Wks. (1871) IV. 205 The prime serjeant, Singleton, may probably be a means of assisting you to get light in these particulars. a1797 H. Howard in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) 434/1 John Hely Hutchinson, Prime Serjt at law, ye vainest man alive, set his heart upon ye place. c1799 Sir L. Parsons in Charlemont MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm. 1894) II. 404 There is no end of the turnings-out talked of,..——lord Carhampton, the prime serjeant,..and even Toler. The prime serjeant is, I believe, certain. 1806 A. Duncan Nelson's Funeral 31 Prime Serjeant. < as lemmas |
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