COUNSEL

1. 1n practice. An advocate. counsellor, or· pleader. S BL.Comm. 26; 1 Kent, Comm. 807. One who a ists his client with advice, and pleads for him in open court.· See CouNSEL LOB. Counsellors who are a ociated with those regularly retained in a cause, either for the [s. 286]