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Counsel  An attorney or lawyer. lawyer. The The rendition of advice and guidance guidance concerning a legal matter, matter, contemplated contemplated form of argument, claim, or action.The action. The terms counsel  and  and advise advise are  are frequentlyemployed as synonyms for the t erm aid and abet to describe d escribe a person who, while not actually performing a criminal act, induced its perfor  mance or contributed to it. The term junior counsel  refers  refers to the younger member of the team of attorneys retained on the same side of a case, or the one lower in the hierarchy of the firm, f irm, or one who isassigned to the preparation or trial of less significant aspects of the case. The term of counsel refers to the description given to an attorney who is not the principal lawyer in charge of a case but who merely contributes his advice on the way it should behandled. Where of counsel  follows  follows an attorney's name on a letterhead or office sign, this designation indicates that the person is employed by the firm f irm primarily as a consultant on specializedmatters, not as a fulltime partn er or associate. West's !ncyclopedia of American "aw, edition #. $opyright #%%& The ale roup, (nc. All rights reserved.

counsel )* n. a lawyer, attorney, attorneyatlaw, counsellor, counselloratlaw, solicitor, barrister, advocate or proct or +a lawyer in admiralty court*, licensed to practice law. (n the nited-tates they all mean the same thing. #* v. to give legal advice. * v. in some /urisdictions, to to urge someone to commit a crime, which in itself itself is a crime. +-ee: attorney attorney** $opyright 0 )1&)#%%2 by erald 3. 4ill and 5athleen T. 4ill. All 6ight reserved.

counsel  noun noun  adviser , advocate advocate,, attorney attorney,, barrister , consilium consilium,, counselor , counseloratlaw,  counseloratlaw, jurisconsul    jurisconsult t, jur    ist,, lawyer , legal adviser , legal practition ist practitioner  er , legist legist,,member o! the bar , member o! the legal pro!ession,, officer of court,  pro!ession court,  pleader , solicitor   Associated concepts"  concepts" advice o! counsel,, aid of counsel, assigned counsel, assistance of counsel, attorney's fees, bennfit of counsel, cou counsel nsel in a cause, counsel of record, denialof counsel, effective effective counsel, !scobedo 6ule, o! counsel,, opposing counsel, counsel counsel, si#th amendment, amendment, waiver of counsel

 

Foreign phrases" $onsilia phrases" $onsilia multorum quaeruntur in magnis.The advice of many is required in great affairs . 7raepropera consilia raro sunt prospera. 6ash counsels are rarelyprosserous.

counsel  verb verb  advise advise,, advocate advocate,, caution caution,, coach coach,, commend commend,, con!er , consult consult,, direct direct,, discuss discuss,, dissuade dissuade,, enco urage,, e#change observation urage observations s, e#postulate e#postulate,, !orewarn !orewarn,give ,give a reccmmendation, give advice, advice, give suggestions to, to, guide guide,, o!!er an opinion to,, opine to opine,, persuade persuade,, prescribe prescribe,, prompt prompt,, propose propose,, reason with, recommend recommend,, seek advice, advice,seek to persuade,, submit persuade submit,, suggest suggest,, suggest a proposed claim, claim, suggest a proposed contention, contention , urge urge,, warn

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