distinguished lawyer

collocation in English

meaningsofdistinguishedandlawyer

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distinguished
adjective
uk
/dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃt/us
/dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃt/
used to describe a respected and admired person, or ...
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lawyer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlɔɪ.ər/us
/ˈlɔɪ.jɚ/
someone whose job is to give advice to people about the law and speak for them ...
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(Definition ofdistinguishedandlawyerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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After all, its chairman is a mostdistinguishedlawyer.
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He was certainly a mostdistinguishedlawyer.
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He was sitting not as a puisne judge but as adistinguishedlawyer, empanelled for that purpose.
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In the other place, their mostdistinguishedlawyersaid that he did not understand it.
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He is a respected anddistinguishedlawyerwith great expertise in this area of law.
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I congratulate him on the ingenuity of his drafting, if it is notlèse-majestéto say so to adistinguishedlawyer.
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Its present chairman is a mostdistinguishedlawyerand it has been ably served by loyal staff.
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I venture to say to a mostdistinguishedlawyerthat his suggestion creates an impossible situation.
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That would be a great opportunity for adistinguishedlawyer.
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He, presumably, will be adistinguishedlawyerhimself.
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Indeed, onedistinguishedlawyerpointed out that in some respects the procedures were the very negation of the rule of law.
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Others have spoken against it; and of course it would be a surprising day if everydistinguishedlawyerin the country were in agreement.
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I recently attended a gathering at which adistinguishedlawyerrecounted an experience he had had at an international law conference.
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I have already announced thedistinguishedlawyerwho will conduct the inquiry.
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I am aware that he is adistinguishedlawyer.
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In this particular case there was adistinguishedlawyerand an assessor.
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He is adistinguishedlawyerand, therefore, we should all desire that he should continue to be a justice.
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In turn, however, will he clarify something for me as adistinguishedlawyer?
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I think we had better leave thatdistinguishedlawyerand pursue the point.
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The point involved here is not one for an accountant such as myself but for adistinguishedlawyersuch as himself.
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