counsel
IPA: kˈaʊnsʌɫ
noun
- The exchange of opinions and advice especially in legal issues; consultation.
- Exercise of judgment; prudence.
- Advice; guidance.
- Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan.
- A lawyer, as in King's Counsel (KC) or Queen's Counsel (QC).
verb
- (transitive) To give advice, especially professional advice, to (somebody).
- (transitive) To recommend (a course of action).
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Examples of "counsel" in Sentences
- He was a counsel for the prosecution.
- The building houses the counseling center.
- The process and outcome of career counseling.
- The counselling of the practitioner is essential.
- Bhulabhai was the leading counsel for the defense.
- His counsel was the Office of the Public Advocate.
- He was the president of the school's Student Counsel.
- The development of professional counseling in Botswana.
- The sentence is ambiguous with respect to the counseling.
- The Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution was Telford Taylor.
- I rested my case at 4: 08 PM, but the defense counsel is still busily validating my thesis.
- Attorney Yaye says the consultative counsel is confident it is presenting the people of Niger with the best way to restore civilian rule.
- Really?? your argument that non-US citizens have a right to counsel is a SINGLE district court decision by a Judge who has devoted most of her pre-judicial career to liberal/democratic causes.
- Morris, who also sits on the executive management committee of BP's refining and marketing arm, is one of two associate general counsel who sit beneath global group general counsel Rupert Bondy.
- As ever, the judging panel is made up of a raft of industry experts, including Blackstone Chambers 'Dinah Rose QC, Music Choice general counsel Chris Johnstone, Sajid Hussein, head of legal EMEA, Bank of America and BT Retail general counsel Nigel Paterson.
- This statement by senior counsel for the airline as to the manner in which he had attempted to handle his responsibilities should be enough to answer the complaint in the Appendix that "The management of the airline _instructed its counsel_ to deny every allegation of fault, and to counter-attack by ascribing total culpability to the air crew".
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