The sergeant-at-law, Pound dryly observed, “would thoroughly understand a modern industrial commission.”. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
Montague to be a sergeant-at-law he intended a further mark of favour to him and to the City, and did not intend that he should lose his place. —. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
In 1824 he became a sergeant-at-law; and he was appointed King's Sergeant in 1827, and Solicitor-General in 1839, when he received the honor of knighthood. From Wordnik.com. [International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850] Reference
The novel, which is the first to be published under the author's real name, follows Sir Richard Lee, sergeant-at-law, who is sent to Sandal Castle in 1322 by King Edward II. From Wordnik.com. [The Pardoner's Crime, by Keith Souter] Reference
Joseph Girdler, sergeant-at-law of the Inner Temple, complained in 1733 that his fathers estate was being devoured by the mad doctors, with Dr James Monro demanding 130 for treatment, while Girdler thought him not worth a quarter of that sum. From Wordnik.com. [Bedlam] Reference
A celebrated medium was, however, present, as were some half-dozen ladies and gentlemen well known in society -- one of the latter being a sergeant-at-law, and a judge accustomed to sift evidence and determine the difference between truth and falsehood. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
That sergeant-at-law whom we call Kite the Second. From Wordnik.com. [The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2] Reference
A judge or sergeant-at-law, by the scrutiny of the commissioners of the seal. From Wordnik.com. [The Commonwealth of Oceana] Reference
Poet, son of a sergeant-at-law, was born in London, ed. at Eton and Cambridge, and called to the Bar 1829. From Wordnik.com. [A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature] Reference
His studies were continued, and in time he became a clerk of his kinsman, "Judge Nicholls," whose name appears in letters, and who was a sergeant-at-law. From Wordnik.com. [Anne Bradstreet and Her Time] Reference
His studies were continued, and in time he became a clerk of his kinsman, “Judge Nicholls,” whose name appears in letters, and who was a sergeant-at-law. From Wordnik.com. [Anne Bradstreet and Her Time]
The sacrist had finished his exposition, and the sergeant-at-law was about to conclude a case which Nigel could in no way controvert, when help came to him from an unexpected quarter. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Nigel] Reference
† Three brothers of the family of Peere Williams, sergeant-at-law, London, and famous reporter — John, William, and Otho Williams — migrated to America early in the eighteenth century. From Wordnik.com. [Virginia and Virginians] Reference
At its head sat John Bradshaw, a sergeant-at-law and sometime a judge of the sheriffs’ court of the Wood. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
The qualification of a sergeant-at-law, is given at large in 2 Inst. 213; and in the valuable old book, "The Mirror of. From Wordnik.com. [An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition] Reference
On the 9th August, 1649, the Court of Aldermen desired him to surrender his place on the ground that both law and the custom of the city demanded that the Recorder of the city should be an apprentice of the law and not a sergeant-at-law. (. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
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