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Erskine

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Erskine [ˈɜːskɪn]
n
(Biographies / Erskine, Thomas, 1st Baron (1750-1823) M, Scottish, LAW: lawyer) Thomas, 1st Baron. 1750-1823, Scottish lawyer: noted as a defence advocate, esp in cases involving civil liberties


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Erskine of Treadley, an old gentleman of considerable charm and culture, who had fallen, however, into bad habits of silence, having, as he explained once to Lady Agatha, said everything that he had to say before he was thirty.
Erskine was counsel for the defendants; Lord Ellenborough was the judge.
 
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