admission to the bar

admission to the bar
The procedure that governs the authorization of attorneys to practice law before the state and federal courts.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


admission to the bar
The procedure that governs the authorization of attorneys to practice law before the state and federal courts.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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