I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a therapy/counselling session (= when someone is given personal advice )
▪
At one point his parents joined him for a family therapy session.
general counsel
King's Counsel
Queen's Counsel
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
chief
▪
Netscape chief legal counsel Roberta Katz declined to comment specifically on Compaq.
▪
Giants chief counsel Jack Bair said construction of the ballpark would begin before Thanksgiving.
deputy
▪
In July 1993, Foster, then deputy White House counsel , committed suicide.
▪
Foster, who subsequently became deputy White House counsel , committed suicide in July 1993.
▪
The White House pins the whole thing on onetime deputy counsel Vincent Foster, who is dead and can not defend himself.
general
▪
Simmons &038; Simmons energy partner Charles Bankes is set to become Ofgem's first general counsel under a two-year secondment.
▪
Mr McLaughlin, 44 years old, was senior vice president, general counsel and secretary.
▪
Treasury lawyers, led by general counsel Edward Knight, are reviewing the options.
▪
The general counsel for whom I worked was Chip Yablonski.
▪
Robert Slaughter, the association's general counsel , said this lawsuit will continue.
▪
Such charges have no basis in fact, according to John H.. Carley, Avis' general counsel .
independent
▪
By the mid 1930s, he had begun to rule as a royal dictator without the benefit of independent counsel .
▪
The debate in Congress comes against a backdrop of complaints over the high cost of independent counsel investigations.
▪
Forbes said an independent counsel was probably the best way to go.
▪
The statute gives the independent counsel the opportunity to investigate anything that is perceived to be criminal.
▪
In several other less serious cases, Reno asked for an independent counsel .
▪
An independent counsel is subject to removal by the attorney general, the same as any federal prosecutor.
▪
Of all of these, the appointment of an independent counsel is the least desirable.
▪
Why did she allow the independent counsel , Kenneth Starr, so much latitude, asks the left?
legal
▪
They were denied legal counsel or the right to call witnesses in their defence.
▪
In addition, two small staff groups, data processing and personnel, and the legal counsel reported directly to the president.
▪
Although he had full access to legal counsel , he was not allowed to reveal details of his abduction to the judges.
▪
Netscape chief legal counsel Roberta Katz declined to comment specifically on Compaq.
▪
Denied effective legal counsel prior to his indictment, Stewart's trial at Inveraray in September 1752 was a travesty of justice.
▪
They could not be reached for comment but have denied any wrongdoing through their legal counsel .
▪
So it sought the opinion of legal counsel .
▪
The report went back to legal counsel with suggested amendments.
outside
▪
Blanchard said his firm was added this fiscal year to a special list from which outside counsel must be chosen.
prosecuting
▪
Both the prosecuting counsel and the police appeared to hold this view.
▪
The prosecuting counsel told the jury that there was no evidence that the victim had been indecently assaulted.
▪
They then return, one at a time, for cross-examination by the prosecuting counsel .
▪
The prosecuting counsel said that nothing would be heard to criticise the victim's character, who was timid and nervous.
▪
Menzies's eyes remained fixed firmly on the judge, who was turning back to face the prosecuting counsel .
wise
▪
Giant leaps into the unknown are dangerous and therefore wiser counsel may preach limited change from the existing position. 3.
▪
Emperor Constantine was said to visit the wise hermit for counsel .
▪
He was in the office offering wise counsel , encouraging a forward look a weekend or two before he died.
▪
His service and wise counsel during his tenure as chairman have been greatly appreciated by all of us on the Board.
■ NOUN
crown
▪
The duty may in addition require Crown counsel to show the statement to the defence.
▪
Therefore the real complaint is that the judge did not correct Crown counsel at the time.
defence
▪
His defence counsel contended that a suspended sentence would enable Chemouil to pay compensation to the victim.
▪
Hakkar's defence counsel requested a postponement, which was refused, and was unable to attend the hearing.
▪
They had been tried without benefit of defence counsel before the Public Tribunal, a special court which was subject to Government influence.
▪
Hyde's defence counsel has told Northampton Crown court that provocation would be an issue in the trial.
▪
Coffin wondered what a defence counsel would have made of that lack if the case had ever come to trial.
▪
The defence counsel said that appeals would be made against the verdicts.
▪
The defence counsel said the defendant had admitted losing his temper on finding out that the girl was under age.
▪
After the last prosecution witness had given his statement, Kesselring's defence counsel rose to give his opening address.
defense
▪
This happened in the McVeigh case, and it became necessary to go outside Oklahoma City to find a defense counsel .
▪
Others never would have occurred to defense counsel .
law
▪
The Reagan administration challenged the constitutionality of the independent counsel law .
▪
It is clear that the independent counsel law has been misused or at least overused.
▪
Of the 17 investigations initiated since 1976 under the independent counsel law , 10 ended without indictments.
▪
It is the independent counsel law itself.
▪
But these activities are not the type of persistent misconduct contemplated as the object of the independent counsel law .
■ VERB
appoint
▪
If there are, the attorney general must petition a Washington-based panel of three federal judges to appoint an independent counsel .
▪
It could renew calls for Attorney General Janet Reno to appoint an independent counsel to investigate alleged campaign wrongdoing.
hear
▪
I am therefore prepared to grant the relief sought by Glasgow and will hear counsel as to the exact terms of the declarations.
▪
All the facts of the case will be fresh in his mind and he will have just heard the mitigation of counsel .
investigate
▪
The drumbeat for an appointment of an independent counsel to investigate alleged abuses in campaign financing will almost certainly escalate.
▪
The statute gives the independent counsel the opportunity to investigate anything that is perceived to be criminal.
▪
It could renew calls for Attorney General Janet Reno to appoint an independent counsel to investigate alleged campaign wrongdoing.
▪
Some Democrats on Capitol Hill have joined in the call for an independent counsel to investigate campaign fund raising.
keep
▪
McLaren keeps his own counsel , being as reticent as Ferguson is gregarious.
▪
I keep my own counsel now, and my children are baffled by the new me.
▪
But Eochaid kept his counsel , as Tuathal did, about everything except what Thorfinn had to know.
▪
To the end, he kept his own counsel .
▪
She is precisely the person to keep her own counsel for three hours.
▪
They were inscrutable, they kept their own counsel , and they were intelligent.
▪
However, he may simply have been keeping his own counsel when talking to me out of a proper loyalty and caution.
▪
Amelia Earhart solved the problem her grandmother presented by keeping her own counsel .
name
▪
Reno has been criticized sharply by congressional Republicans for her failure to name an independent counsel .
seek
▪
So, after college he sought professional counsel for the first time.
▪
If necessary, the solicitor may seek the advice of counsel but this may be difficult because of the financial limits imposed.
▪
I sought counsel from pastors and friends.
▪
But Reno has given no indication she will seek an independent counsel on political fund raising.
▪
I found a telephone and called Stark, seeking counsel .
▪
Could we deny any of them if they came seeking counsel ?
▪
You should identify who has faced such challenges and seek out their counsel .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
I'll miss her because I value her counsel .
▪
The counsel for the defense gave her opening statement.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
And more unusually for counsel , George will ask other observers, even journalists, how they think it's going.
▪
Could we deny any of them if they came seeking counsel ?
▪
David Turetsky, a senior counsel in the Justice Department.
▪
Emperor Constantine was said to visit the wise hermit for counsel .
▪
Later I was told that in criminal trials counsel are not permitted to talk to their witnesses during adjournments.
▪
Not even George Herbert's counsel that the country-parson's rage might here and there be justified had comforted.
▪
Some Democrats on Capitol Hill have joined in the call for an independent counsel to investigate campaign fund raising.
▪
They were denied legal counsel or the right to call witnesses in their defence.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
Carvalho counsels cancer patients at a Rio hospital.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
But an expert who counsels male rape victims says a change in the law is needed.
▪
He counsels against reading too much Isaac Bashevis Singer.
▪
In small colleges, they may counsel students.
▪
They also may counsel students on personal, educational, or vocational matters.
▪
What, perhaps, she needs to do is to learn to counsel by doing counselling and by being counselled.