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LEGAL PROFESSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
Example:
he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey
Synonyms:
bar; legal community; legal profession
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("legal profession" is a kind of...):
profession (the body of people in a learned occupation)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
