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Inns of Court

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The Inns of Court in London are the professional associations for barristers in England and Wales. [1]

71 relations: Abraham Fraunce, American Inns of Court, Bar association, Bar Professional Training Course, Bar Standards Board, Barnard's Inn, Barrister, Bencher, Chambers (law), Chancery Lane tube station, City Law School, City of London, Clifford's Inn, Common law, Doctors' Commons, England and Wales, English Civil War, English Renaissance theatre, Faculty of Advocates, Francis Bacon, Francis Beaumont, Furnival's Inn, George Gascoigne, Gorboduc, Gray's Inn, Great hall, Inner Temple, Inns of Chancery, Inns of Court & City Yeomanry, James Shirley, John Donne, John Marston (poet), King's Inns, Legal profession, Liberty (division), Lincoln's Inn, London, London Borough of Camden, London Underground, Lyon's Inn, Masque, Metropolitan Borough of Holborn, Middle Temple, Northern Ireland, Order of precedence, Oxbridge, Philip Sidney, Pupillage, Queen's Counsel, Republic of Ireland, ..., Royal Courts of Justice, Scots law, Serjeant's Inn, Serjeant-at-law, Solicitor, Staple Inn, Stone Buildings, Subdivisions of England, Tancred and Gismund, Temple tube station, Temple, London, Thavie's Inn, The Comedy of Errors, The Misfortunes of Arthur, The Triumph of Peace, Thomas Campion, Thomas Lodge, Thomas More, Twelfth Night, Warren E. Burger, William Shakespeare. Expand index (21 more) »

Abraham Fraunce

Abraham Fraunce (born between 1558 and 1560?died in 1592 or 1593?) was an English poet.

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American Inns of Court

American Inns of Court (AIC) are designed to improve the skills, professionalism and ethics of the bench and bar.

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Bar association

A bar association is a professional association of lawyers.

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Bar Professional Training Course

The Bar Professional Training Course or BPTC (previously known as Bar Vocational Course, or BVC) is a postgraduate course which allows law graduates to be named and practise as barristers in England and Wales.

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Bar Standards Board

The Bar Standards Board regulates barristers in England and Wales for the public interest.

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Barnard's Inn

Barnard's Inn is the current home of Gresham College in Holborn, London.

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Barrister

A barrister (also known as barrister-at-law or bar-at-law) is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions.

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Bencher

A bencher or Master of the Bench is a senior member of an Inn of Court in England and Wales and Ireland.

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Chambers (law)

In law, a chambers is a room or office used by barristers or a judge.

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Chancery Lane tube station

Chancery Lane is a London Underground station in Holborn in Central London, in the ward of Farringdon Without in the City of London.

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City Law School

The City Law School is one of the five schools of City, University of London.

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City of London

The City of London is a city and county that contains the historic centre and the primary central business district (CBD) of London.

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Clifford's Inn

Clifford's Inn is a former Inn of Chancery in London.

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Common law

Common law (also known as judicial precedent or judge-made law, or case law) is that body of law derived from judicial decisions of courts and similar tribunals.

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Doctors' Commons

Doctors' Commons, also called the College of Civilians, was a society of lawyers practising civil law in London.

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England and Wales

England and Wales is a legal jurisdiction covering England and Wales, two of the four countries of the United Kingdom.

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English Civil War

The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") over, principally, the manner of England's governance.

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English Renaissance theatre

English Renaissance theatre—also known as early modern English theatre and Elizabethan theatre—refers to the theatre of England between 1562 and 1642.

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Faculty of Advocates

The Faculty of Advocates is an independent body of lawyers who have been admitted to practise as advocates before the courts of Scotland, especially the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary.

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, (22 January 15619 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author.

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Francis Beaumont

Francis Beaumont (1584 – 6 March 1616) was a dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre, most famous for his collaborations with John Fletcher.

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Furnival's Inn

Furnival's Inn was an Inn of Chancery which formerly stood on the site of the present Holborn Bars building (the former Prudential Assurance Company building) in Holborn, London, England.

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George Gascoigne

George Gascoigne (c. 15357 October 1577) was an English poet, soldier and unsuccessful courtier.

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Gorboduc

Gorboduc (Welsh: Gorwy or Goronwy) was a legendary king of the Britons as recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth.

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Gray's Inn

The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, commonly known as Gray's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations for barristers and judges) in London.

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Great hall

A great hall is the main room of a royal palace, nobleman's castle or a large manor house or hall house in the Middle Ages, and continued to be built in the country houses of the 16th and early 17th centuries, although by then the family used the great chamber for eating and relaxing.

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Inner Temple

The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, commonly known as Inner Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations for barristers and judges) in London.

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Inns of Chancery

The Inns of Chancery or Hospida Cancellarie were a group of buildings and legal institutions in London initially attached to the Inns of Court and used as offices for the clerks of chancery, from which they drew their name.

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Inns of Court & City Yeomanry

The Inns of Court & City Yeomanry is a British Army unit formed through the amalgamation of The Inns of Court Regiment (The Devil's Own) and The City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) in 1961.

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James Shirley

James Shirley (or Sherley) (September 1596 – October 1666) was an English dramatist.

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John Donne

John Donne (22 January 1572 – 31 March 1631) was an English poet and cleric in the Church of England.

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John Marston (poet)

John Marston (baptised 7 October 1576 – 25 June 1634) was an English poet, playwright and satirist during the late Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.

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King's Inns

The Honorable Society of King's Inns (HSKI) is the institution which controls the entry of barristers-at-law into the justice system of Ireland.

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Legal profession

Legal profession is a profession, and legal professionals study, develop and apply law.

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Liberty (division)

A liberty was an English unit originating in the Middle Ages, traditionally defined as an area in which regalian right was revoked and where the land was held by a mesne lord (i.e. an area in which rights reserved to the king had been devolved into private hands).

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Lincoln's Inn

The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of the four Inns of Court in London to which barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to the Bar.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London Borough of Camden

The London Borough of Camden is a borough in north west London, and forms part of Inner London.

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London Underground

The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground, or by its nickname the Tube) is a public rapid transit system serving London and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.

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Lyon's Inn

Lyon's Inn was one of the Inns of Chancery attached to London's Inner Temple.

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Masque

The masque was a form of festive courtly entertainment that flourished in 16th- and early 17th-century Europe, though it was developed earlier in Italy, in forms including the intermedio (a public version of the masque was the pageant).

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Metropolitan Borough of Holborn

The Metropolitan Borough of Holborn was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965, when it was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras and the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead to form the London Borough of Camden.

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Middle Temple

The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.

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Order of precedence

Order of precedence is a sequential hierarchy of nominal importance of persons.

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Oxbridge

Oxbridge is a portmanteau of "Oxford" and "Cambridge"; the two oldest, most prestigious, and consistently most highly-ranked universities in the United Kingdom.

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Philip Sidney

Sir Philip Sidney (30 November 1554 – 17 October 1586) was an English poet, courtier, scholar, and soldier, who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age.

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Pupillage

A pupillage, in England and Wales, Northern Ireland, Kenya, Pakistan.

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Queen's Counsel

A Queen's Counsel (postnominal QC), or King's Counsel (postnominal KC) during the reign of a king, is an eminent lawyer (usually a barrister or advocate) who is appointed by the Monarch to be one of "Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law." The term is also recognised as an honorific.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Royal Courts of Justice

The Royal Courts of Justice, commonly called the Law Courts, is a court building in London which houses the High Court and Court of Appeal of England and Wales.

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Scots law

Scots law is the legal system of Scotland.

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Serjeant's Inn

Serjeant's Inn (formerly Serjeants' Inn) was one of the two inns of the Serjeants-at-Law in London.

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Serjeant-at-law

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

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Solicitor

A solicitor is a legal practitioner who traditionally deals with most of the legal matters in some jurisdictions.

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Staple Inn

Staple Inn is a Tudor building on the south side of High Holborn street in the City of London, London, England.

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Stone Buildings

Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn were constructed from 1774 to 1780.

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Subdivisions of England

The subdivisions of England constitute a hierarchy of administrative divisions and non-administrative ceremonial areas.

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Tancred and Gismund

Tancred and Gismund (Gismond variant spelling) is an English Elizabethan play published in 1591.

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Temple tube station

Temple is a London Underground station located at Victoria Embankment in the City of Westminster, close to its boundary with the City of London.

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Temple, London

The Temple is an area of central London in the vicinity of Temple Church.

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Thavie's Inn

Thavie's Inn was a former Inn of Chancery, associated with Lincoln's Inn, established at Holborn, near the site of the present side street and office block still known as Thavies Inn Buildings.

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The Comedy of Errors

The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare's early plays.

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The Misfortunes of Arthur

The Misfortunes of Arthur, Uther Pendragon's son reduced into tragical notes is a play by the 16th-century English dramatist Thomas Hughes.

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The Triumph of Peace

The Triumph of Peace was a Caroline era masque, "invented and written" by James Shirley, performed on 3 February 1634 and published the same year.

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Thomas Campion

Thomas Campion (sometimes Campian; 12 February 1567 – 1 March 1620) was an English composer, poet, and physician.

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Thomas Lodge

Thomas Lodge (c.1558 – September 1625) was an English physician and author during the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.

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Thomas More

Sir Thomas More (7 February 14786 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist.

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Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night, or What You WillUse of spelling, capitalization, and punctuation in the First Folio: "Twelfe Night, Or what you will" is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season.

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Warren E. Burger

Warren Earl Burger (September 17, 1907 – June 25, 1995) was the 15th Chief Justice of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1986.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised)—23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the English language, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inns_of_Court

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