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A Serjeant-at-Law (SL), commonly known simply as a Serjeant, was a member of an order of barristers at the English and Irish Bar.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 73 relations: A. M. Sullivan (barrister), Attorney General for England and Wales, Bar of Ireland, Baronet, Barrister, Barristers in England and Wales, Bencher, Black cap, Charles I of England, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Coif, Common Serjeant of London, Court of Chancery, Court of Common Pleas (England), Court of equity, Court of King's Bench (England), Courtesy titles in the United Kingdom, Edwin Mellen Press, Elizabeth I, Ely Place, Equity (law), Exchequer of Pleas, Francis Bacon, Frederick Spinks, General Prologue, Gentlemen's club, Geoffrey Chaucer, Great Fire of London, Great Seal of the Realm, Headgear, Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Henry de Bracton, Henry VIII, House of Lords, Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent, Inns of Court, James VI and I, Jewel Tower, John Fortescue (judge), John Scarle, King's Counsel, Knight Bachelor, Lambeth Palace, Lawn cloth, Letters patent, Lord Chancellor, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Master of the Rolls, Middle Temple, Miniver, ... Expand index (23 more) »

  2. Historical legal occupations
  3. Medieval English court system

A. M. Sullivan (barrister)

Alexander Martin Sullivan, SL (14 January 1871 – 9 January 1959) was an Irish lawyer, best known as the leading counsel for the defence in the 1916 treason trial of Roger Casement.

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Attorney General for England and Wales

His Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales is the chief legal adviser to the sovereign and Government in affairs pertaining to England and Wales as well as the highest ranking amongst the law officers of the Crown.

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Bar of Ireland

The Bar of Ireland (Barra na hÉireann) is the professional association of barristers for Ireland, with over 2,000 members.

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Baronet

A baronet (or; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (or; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown.

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Barrister

A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions.

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Barristers in England and Wales

Barristers in England and Wales are one of the two main categories of lawyer in England and Wales, the other being solicitors.

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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 or the Inns of Court in Northern Ireland, or the Honorable Society of King's Inns in Ireland.

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Black cap

The black cap is a plain black fabric square formerly worn as symbolic headgear by English, Welsh, Irish and Northern Irish judges in criminal cases when passing a sentence of death.

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Charles I of England

Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.

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Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

The chief justice of the common pleas was the head of the Court of Common Pleas, also known as the Common Bench, which was the second-highest common law court in the English legal system until 1875, when it, along with the other two common law courts and the equity and probate courts, became part of the High Court of Justice.

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Coif

A coif is a close fitting cap worn by both men and women that covers the top, back, and sides of the head.

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Common Serjeant of London

The Common Serjeant of London (full title The Serjeant-at-Law in the Common Hall) is an ancient British legal office, first recorded in 1291, and is the second most senior permanent judge of the Central Criminal Court after the Recorder of London, acting as deputy to that office, and sitting as a judge in the trial of criminal offences. Serjeant-at-law and Common Serjeant of London are historical legal occupations.

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Court of Chancery

The Court of Chancery was a court of equity in England and Wales that followed a set of loose rules to avoid a slow pace of change and possible harshness (or "inequity") of the common law.

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Court of Common Pleas (England)

The Court of Common Pleas, or Common Bench, was a common law court in the English legal system that covered "common pleas"; actions between subject and subject, which did not concern the king.

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Court of equity

A court of equity, also known as an equity court or chancery court, is a court authorized to apply principles of equity rather than principles of law to cases brought before it.

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Court of King's Bench (England)

The Court of King's Bench, formally known as The Court of the King Before the King Himself, was a court of common law in the English legal system.

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Courtesy titles in the United Kingdom

A courtesy title is a form of address and/or reference in systems of nobility used for children, former wives and other close relatives of a peer, as well as certain officials such as some judges and members of the Scottish gentry.

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Edwin Mellen Press

The Edwin Mellen Press, sometimes stylised as Mellen Press, is an academic publisher.

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Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603.

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Ely Place

Ely Place is a gated road of multi-storey terraces at the southern tip of the London Borough of Camden in London, England.

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Equity (law)

In the field of jurisprudence, equity is the particular body of law, developed in the English Court of Chancery, with the general purpose of providing legal remedies for cases wherein the common law is inflexible and cannot fairly resolve the disputed legal matter.

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Exchequer of Pleas

The Exchequer of Pleas, or Court of Exchequer, was a court that dealt with matters of equity, a set of legal principles based on natural law and common law in England and Wales. Serjeant-at-law and Exchequer of Pleas are medieval English court system.

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, 1st Lord Verulam, PC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I.

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Frederick Spinks

Frederick Lowten Spinks (27 December 1816 – 27 December 1899), known as Serjeant Spinks, was a British lawyer and Conservative Party politician. Serjeant-at-law and Frederick Spinks are serjeants-at-law (England).

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General Prologue

The General Prologue is the first part of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

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Gentlemen's club

A gentlemen's club is a private social club of a type originally set up by men from Britain's upper classes in the 18th and succeeding centuries.

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Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer (– 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales.

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Great Fire of London

The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through central London from Sunday 2 September to Thursday 6 September 1666, gutting the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall, while also extending past the wall to the west.

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Great Seal of the Realm

The Great Seal of the Realm is a seal that is used to symbolise the sovereign's approval of state documents.

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Headgear

Headgear, headwear, or headdress is any element of clothing which is worn on one's head, including hats, helmets, turbans and many other types.

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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, (19 September 1778 – 7 May 1868) was a British statesman who became Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and played a prominent role in passing the Reform Act 1832 and Slavery Abolition Act 1833.

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Henry de Bracton

Henry of Bracton (c. 1210 – c. 1268), also known as Henry de Bracton, Henricus Bracton, Henry Bratton, and Henry Bretton, was an English cleric and jurist.

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Henry VIII

Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.

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House of Lords

The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent

Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent (c. 1170 – before 5 May 1243) was an English nobleman who served as Chief Justiciar of England (1215–1232) and Justiciar of Ireland (1232) during the reigns of King John and his son and successor King Henry III and, as Regent of England (1219–1227) during Henry's minority, was one of the most influential and powerful men in English politics in the thirteenth century.

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Inns of Court

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

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James VI and I

James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.

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Jewel Tower

The Jewel Tower is a 14th-century surviving element of the Palace of Westminster, in London, England.

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John Fortescue (judge)

Sir John Fortescue (1394 – December 1479), of Ebrington in Gloucestershire, was Chief Justice of the King's Bench and was the author of De Laudibus Legum Angliae (Commendation of the Laws of England), first published posthumously circa 1543, an influential treatise on English law. Serjeant-at-law and John Fortescue (judge) are serjeants-at-law (England).

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John Scarle

John Scarle was keeper of the rolls of Chancery from 1394 to 1397 and Archdeacon of Lincoln before being named Lord Chancellor of England in 1399.

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King's Counsel

In the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth realms, a King's Counsel (post-nominal initials KC) is a lawyer appointed by the state as a senior advocate or barrister with a high degree of skill and experience in the law.

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Knight Bachelor

The title of Knight Bachelor is the basic rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system.

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Lambeth Palace

Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

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Lawn cloth

Lawn cloth or lawn is a fine plain weave textile, made with fine combed cotton.

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Letters patent

Letters patent (plural form for singular and plural) are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch, president or other head of state, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, title or status to a person or corporation.

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Lord Chancellor

The Lord Chancellor, formally titled Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, is the highest-ranking traditional minister among the Great Officers of State in Scotland and England in the United Kingdom, nominally outranking the prime minister.

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Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

The Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales (alternatively Lord Chief Justice when the holder is male) is the head of the judiciary of England and Wales and the president of the courts of England and Wales.

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Master of the Rolls

The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the President of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and Head of Civil Justice.

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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 entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple (with which it shares Temple Church), Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn.

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Miniver

Miniver, an unspotted white fur edged with grey, derives originally from the winter coat of the red squirrel.

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Murrey

In heraldry, murrey is a "stain", i. e. a non-standard tincture, that is a dark reddish purple colour.

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Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley

Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley, (29 November 1828 – 9 December 1921) was an English judge. Serjeant-at-law and Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley are serjeants-at-law (England).

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Norman Conquest

The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

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Order of precedence

An order of precedence is a sequential hierarchy of nominal importance and can be applied to individuals, groups, or organizations.

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Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I on 18 May 1725.

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Order of the Garter

The Most Noble Order of the Garter is an order of chivalry founded by Edward III of England in 1348.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Parvise

A parvis or parvise is the open space in front of and around a cathedral or church, especially when surrounded by either colonnades or porticoes, as at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

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Pound sterling

Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories.

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Rights of audience

In common law, a right of audience is generally a right of a lawyer to appear and conduct proceedings in court on behalf of their client.

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Serjeant's Inn

Serjeant's Inn (formerly Serjeants' Inn) was the legal inn of the Serjeants-at-Law in London.

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Serjeant-at-law (Ireland)

This is a list of lawyers who held the rank of serjeant-at-law at the Bar of Ireland.

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Shardlake series

The Shardlake series is a series of historical mystery novels by C. J. Sansom, set in 16th century Tudor England.

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Solicitor General for England and Wales

His Majesty's Solicitor General for England and Wales, known informally as the Solicitor General, is one of the law officers of the Crown in the government of the United Kingdom.

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St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London, England, the seat of the Bishop of London.

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Statute of Westminster 1275

The Statute of Westminster of 1275 (3 Edw. 1), also known as the Statute of Westminster I, codified the existing law in England, into 51 chapters.

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Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873

The Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 66) (sometimes known as the Judicature Act 1873) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1873.

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The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales (Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of twenty-four stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400.

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The Crown

The Crown broadly represents the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their subdivisions (such as the Crown Dependencies, overseas territories, provinces, or states).

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University of Virginia School of Law

The University of Virginia School of Law (Virginia Law) is the law school of the University of Virginia, a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Virginia Law Review

The Virginia Law Review is a law review edited and published by students at University of Virginia School of Law.

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William Bendlowes

William Bendlowes (1516–1584) (also Benloe, Benlow, Benlowe) was an English serjeant-at-law and legal writer. Serjeant-at-law and William Bendlowes are serjeants-at-law (England).

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William IV

William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837.

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See also

Historical legal occupations

Medieval English court system

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serjeant-at-law

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