Definition of counsel

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Counsel (n.) A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.

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Counselor :: Counselor (n.) A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign or chief magistrate. [See under Consilor..
Consul :: Consul (n.) A senator; a counselor.
Counsel :: Counsel (n.) Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan.
Consult :: Consult (v. t.) To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.
Counsel :: Counsel (n.) A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.
Disbar :: Disbar (v. t.) To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his status and privileges as such..
Admonish :: Admonish (v. t.) To counsel against wrong practices; to cation or advise; to warn against danger or an offense; -- followed by of, against, or a subordinate clause..
Refresher :: Refresher (n.) An extra fee paid to counsel in a case that has been adjourned from one term to another, or that is unusually protracted..
Earwig :: Earwig (n.) A whisperer of insinuations; a secret counselor.
Advice :: Advice (n.) An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel..
Deliberate :: Deliberate (v. i.) To take counsel with one's self; to weigh the arguments for and against a proposed course of action; to reflect; to consider; to hesitate in deciding; -- sometimes with on, upon, about, concerning..
Retain :: Retain (v. t.) To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor..
Brief :: Brief (a.) An abridgment or concise statement of a client's case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument..
Counsel :: Counsel (v. t.) To advise or recommend, as an act or course..
Adhortatory :: Adhortatory (a.) Containing counsel or warning; hortatory; advisory.
Rash :: Rash (superl.) Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander..
Lawyer :: Lawyer (n.) One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates..
Advise :: Advise (v. t.) To take counsel; to consult; -- followed by with; as, to advise with friends..
Areed :: Areed (v. t.) To counsel, advise, warn, or direct..
Counsel :: Counsel (n.) One who gives advice, especially in legal matters; one professionally engaged in the trial or management of a cause in court; also, collectively, the legal advocates united in the management of a case; as, the defendant has able counsel..
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