counsel : Idioms & Phrases

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career counseling

  • noun counseling on career opportunities
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Chamber counsel ∨ counselor

  • a counselor who gives his opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does not advocate causes in court.
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counsel to the crown

  • noun a barrister selected to serve as counsel to the British ruler
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Forked counsel

  • advice pointing more than one way; ambiguous advice. Obs. B. Jonson.
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genetic counseling

  • noun guidance for prospective parents on the likelihood of genetic disorders in their future children
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In counsel

  • in secret. Obs. Chaucer.
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King's, ∨ Queen's, counsel

  • (Eng. Law), barristers learned in the law, who have been called within the bar, and selected to be the king's or gueen's counsel. They answer in some measure to the advocates of the revenue (advocati fisci) among the Romans. They can not be employed against the crown without special license. Wharton's Law Dict.
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king's counsel

  • noun Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a king
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marriage counseling

  • noun counseling on marital problems and disagreements
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queen's counsel

  • noun Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a queen
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Queen's counsel, Queen's evidence

  • . See King's counsel, King's evidence, under King.
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To keep counsel

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To keep one's own counsel

  • to keep one's thoughts, purposes, etc., undisclosed.
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