Calling To The Bar

Conferring the degree or dignity of barrister upon a member of the Inns of Court. Holthouse.

Conferring the degree or dignity of barrister upon a member of the inns of court. Holthouse, Diet. "Calls to the bench and bar are to be made by the most ancient, being a reader, who is present at supper on call night." 1 Black Books of Lincoln's Inn. 339. But see Baeeisteb as to admission to the bar. CALUMNIvE JUSJURANDUM (Lat). The oath against calumny. Both parties at the beginning of a suit, In certain cases, were obliged to take an oath that the suit was commenced in good faith and in a firm belief that they had a good cause. Bell, Diet. It was a fore-oath— before suit brought. The object was to prevent vexatious and unnecessary suits. It was especially used in divorce cases, though of little practical utility; Bish. Marr. & Div. § 353; 2 Bish. Marr. Div. & Sep. § 264. A somewhat similar provision is to be found in the requirement made in some states that the defendant shall file an affidavit of merits.

In English practice. Conferring the dignity or degree of barrister at law upon a member of ^ne of the Inns of court. Holthouse.