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Inns of Court
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Inns of Court (nz)
pl.n.
1. The four legal societies in England founded about the beginning of the 14th century and having the exclusive right to confer the title of barrister on law students.
2. The buildings housing the Inns of Court.

Inns of Court
pl n
(Law) (in England) the four private unincorporated societies in London that function as a law school and have the exclusive privilege of calling candidates to the English bar See Lincoln's Inn, Inner Temple, Middle Temple, Gray's Inn


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Though no English monarch paid a formal visit to any Inn of Court, plays and masques from the Inns of Court were frequently repeated at the royal court, starting with the Inner Temple play Gorboduc, performed over the 1561-62 Christmas season, first in the Inner Temple hall on an unknown date in January, and then at court on January 18.
After only two weeks on the course she opted to run for president of her inn of court and was elected becoming the first black female to achieve the role.
Given in the name of the founder of the first American Inn of Court, this award is bestowed upon a member of an American Inn of Court who has provided distinguished, exceptional and significant leadership to the American Inns of Court movement.
 
 
 
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