of counsel

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Definitions from Case Law

From 579 U.S. 1 - Williams v. Pennsylvania · 2016Most cited · 165 citing opinions

of counsel for a party in that cause and in that controversy,' and if either the cause or controversy is not identical the disqualification does not exist"); Wolfe v. Hines, 93 Ga.

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A term applied to the counsel employed by a party in a cause, or whose name appears upon the papers. Derived probably from the Latin a consiliis (q. V.) and expressed by the Law Latin de consilio (Law French de counsel). Dyer, 34b, 38. The modern phrase "of counsel for" a party was formerly expressed "of counsel with." "The counsellor should give his counsel to him with whom he is of counsel." 5 Coke, 20.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Associated with others as one of the attorneys in an action. See 9 Fed. (U. S.) 863.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A phrase commonly applied in practice to the counsel employed by a party in a cause.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A phrase commonly applied in practice to the counsel employed by a party in a cause, and particularly to one employed to assist in the preparation or management of a cause or its presentation on appeal, but who is not the principal attorney of record for the party.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A phrase commonly applied in practice to the counsel employed __—— by a party in a cause. $$$