A Serjeant-at-Law (SL), commonly known simply as a Serjeant, was a member of an order of barristers at the English and Irish Bar.

The order of serjeants at law, dating at least from the early 14th cent., consisted of the leaders of the legal profession and until 1846 they alone had the ...

The meaning of SERJEANT-AT-LAW is a member of a former class of barristers of the highest rank.

It was their duty to assist the Sovereign in the administration of his law. War was first, but law was an honored second.

5 нояб. 2024 г. · At the trial, they introduce evidence, interrogate witnesses, and argue questions of law and fact. If they do not win the case, they may seek a ...

A serjeant-at-law was a highly respected barrister in English law who had achieved the highest degree of the legal profession. They had the exclusive privilege ...

A · James Adair (serjeant-at-law) · Alexander Thomson (Baron of the Exchequer) · James Altham · Edmund Anderson (judge) · William St Julien Arabin · Thomas ...

History. In England of the medieval period, serjeants-at-law wore, as a required mark of their station, a close-fitting hood covering all but the face.

“A Sergeant of Lawe, war and wys, That often hadde ben atte parvys, Ther was also, ful riche of excellence. Discret he was, and of great reverence : He semede ...

an English barrister of the highest rank.