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Queen's Counsel   /kwinz kˈaʊnsəl/   Listen
Queen's Counsel

noun
1.
Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a queen.





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"Queen's Counsel" Quotes from Famous Books



... unwary moment, the greater will be the service you render to the country. If you decide that this bill ought not to proceed, you will be the saviours of the state." Mr. Denman followed on the same side with a speech of great eloquence; and the speeches of the queen's counsel were answered by the king's attorney and solicitor-general. Mr. Brougham replied: urging a variety of arguments in favour of his original proposition, and showing the impolicy of the principle contended ...
— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. - From George III. to Victoria • E. Farr and E. H. Nolan


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