Definition of Counsel

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advise, instruct, advocate
advice, consultation; attorney, lawyer
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Counsel Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(v. t.)
To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person.
  
(v. t.)
To advise or recommend, as an act or course.
  
(n.)
Result of consultation; advice; instruction.
  
(n.)
One who gives advice, especially in legal matters; one professionally engaged in the trial or management of a cause in court; also, collectively, the legal advocates united in the management of a case; as, the defendant has able counsel.
  
(n.)
Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.
  
(n.)
Examination of consequences; exercise of deliberate judgment; prudence.
  
(n.)
Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan.
  
(n.)
A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.
  
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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counsel
\coun"sel\ (koun"s&ebreve;l), n. [oe. conseil, f. conseil, fr. l. consilium, fr. the root of consulere to consult, of uncertain origin. cf. consult, consul.]
1. interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation. all the chief priest and elders of the people took counsel against jesus, to put him to death. xxvii. 1.
2. examination of consequences; exercise of deliberate judgment; prudence. they all confess, therefore, in the working of that first cause, that counsel is used.
3. result of consultation; advice; instruction. i like thy counsel; well hast thou advised. it was ill counsel had misled the girl.
4. deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan. the counsel of the lord standeth forever. xxxiii. 11. the counsels of the wicked are deceit. xii. 5.
5. a secret opinion or purpose; a private matter. thilke lord to whom no counsel may be hid.
6. one who gives advice, especially in legal matters; one professionally engaged in the trial or management of a cause in court; also, collectively, the legal advocates united in the management of a case; as, the defendant has able counsel. the king found his counsel as refractory as his judges.
note: in some courts a distinction is observed between the attorney and the counsel in a cause, the former being employed in the management of the more mechanical parts of the suit, the latter in attending to the pleadings, managing the cause at the trial, and in applying the law to the exigencies of the case during the whole progress of the suit. in other courts the same person can exercise the powers of each. see attorney.


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Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
n., advice: comhairle, moladh
, advise: comhairligh, mol
JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Cynghori = v. to counsel; to advise
WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. a lawyer who pleads cases in court
(synonym) advocate, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader
(hypernym) lawyer, attorney
(derivation) advise
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
(synonym) guidance, counseling, counselling, direction
(hypernym) message, content, subject matter, substance
(hyponym) road map, guideline
(derivation) advise

Verb
1. give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud"
(synonym) advise
(hypernym) hash out, discuss, talk over
(hyponym) urge, urge on, press, exhort
(derivation) advocate, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader
Counsel Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Counsel Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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A counsel or a counselor gives advice, more particularly in legal matters.

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Counsel Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
The 'Lectric Law Library
An attorney who advises and represents a party in a legal proceeding.

An officer of court. One who undertakes to conduct suits and actions in court. The same as counsellor. By the term counsel is also understood counsellor at law.

Advice given to another as to what he ought to do or not to do.

To counsel another to do an unlawful act is to become accessory to it if it be a felony, or principal if it be treason, or a misdemeanor.

Practice, Crim. Law. In the oath of the grand jurors there is a provision requiring them to keep secret 'the commonwealth's counsel, their fellows, and their own.' In this sense this word is synonymous with knowledge; therefore, all the knowledge acquired by grand jurors, in consequence of their office, either from the officers of the commonwealth, from their fellow-jurors, or which they have obtained in any manner in relation to cases which come officially before them, must be kept secret.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.
Law Dictionary
1. Attorney or legal adviser. 2. The advice or aid given with respectto a legal matter. 3. In criminal law, the term may refer to the advising orencouraging of another to commit a crime.
HMCS Legal Terms
A Barrister
By Her Majesty's Courts Service. Published under Crown Copyright.
Counsel Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
counsel; woods; fastened
  
counsel; words
  
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock. About