Silk Gown
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Is the professional robe worn by those barristers who have been appointed of the number of her majesty's counsel, and is the distinctive badge of queen's counsel, as the stuff gown is of the " juniors " who have not attained that dignity. Accordingly, when a barrister is raised to the degree of queen's counsel, he is said to have " got a silk gown." The right to confer this dignity resides with the lord chancellor, who disposes of this branch of his patronage according to the