Counsel
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
The counsellors who are associated in the management of a particular cause, or who act as legal advisers in reference to any matter requiring Legal knowledge and Judgment. The term is used both as a singular and plural noun, to denote one or more. It is usual to say of one concerned in a case that he is "of counsel." Originally there was no distinction between council and counsel; both were consilium. Ubort, Legisl.
Meth. 5. Knowledge.
A grand jury is sworn to keep secret "the commonwealth's counsel, their fellows', and their own."