COUNSEL


Meaning of COUNSEL in English

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.

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