different between barrister vs disbar

English

Etymology

From bar (a collective term for lawyers or the legal profession) and the suffix -ster.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bæ?.?st.?(?)/

Noun

barrister (plural barristers)

1. (chiefly Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts.

Usage notes

Some legal systems apply a separation of the roles of barrister and solicitor, such that a barrister (only) may address the court on a client's behalf and a solicitor (only) may act as an attorney for clients. In particular, this separation occurs in the UK and in countries that use the UK system. It does not apply in the US or Canada. Some systems apply a separation of roles that does not match the barrister/solicitor split.

Translations

See also

• barristor

Further reading

• barrister on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Barristers in England and Wales on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

dis- +? bar

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s?b??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

disbar (third-person singular simple present disbars, present participle disbarring, simple past and past participle disbarred)

1. (law, transitive) To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his or her status and privileges as such.
2. (transitive) To exclude (a person) from something.
   • 1896, Two More Disbarred: Bloomingston and Lowney Out of College Athletics; Action Taken by Board of Control Last Night, Detroit Free Press, page 6

     The friends of Holmes have been criticising the action of the board in disbarring him on the ground that it was too severe […]

Derived terms

• disbarment

Translations

Anagrams

• Bairds, bidars, braids, rabids