Serjeant-at-law | Word Serjeant-at-law at Open Dictionary of English by LearnThat Foundation

Boutell has figured this brass, which he states to be that of a serjeant-at-law.
As soon as any member of an inn of court is raised by royal writ to the state, degree, and dignity of a serjeant-at-law, he ceases to be a member of the society.
Thereupon the Lord Chancellor issued a writ to each of them, summoning them to appear under a heavy penalty, and take upon themselves the state and degree of...
His wife was a daughter of the Edgars, who flourished about four hundred years in the county of Suffolk, and produced an eminent and wealthy serjeant-at-law, Sir Gregory...

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