INNS OF COURT

Four corporate societies established in London. Every candidate for the rank of barrister-at-law is obliged to be admitted a member of one of these societies, and submit to its regulations as a student. These are, — 1. the Inner Temple, to which three Injis of Chancery {Clifford's, Lyon's, and Clement's) belong; 2. the Middle Temple, with Strand Inn (no longer existing) and New Inn dependent on it;.3. Lincoln's Inn (with Furnival's and Thavie's Inns), Gray's Inn (with Staple's hm and Bernard's Inn). [s. 613]