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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Outer \Out"er\ (out"[~e]r), a. [Compar. of Out.] [AS. [=u]tor,
     compar. of [=u]t, adv., out. See Out, Utter, a.]
     Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the
     interior, from a given station, or from any space or position
     regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to
     inner; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the
     outer stump in cricket; the outer world.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Outer bar, in England, the body of junior (or utter)
        barristers; -- so called because in court they occupy a
        place beyond the space reserved for Queen's counsel.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Outer \Out"er\ (out"[~e]r), a. [Compar. of Out.] [AS. [=u]tor,
     compar. of [=u]t, adv., out. See Out, Utter, a.]
     Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the
     interior, from a given station, or from any space or position
     regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to
     inner; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the
     outer stump in cricket; the outer world.
  
     Outer bar, in England, the body of junior (or utter)
        barristers; -- so called because in court they occupy a
        place beyond the space reserved for Queen's counsel.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  outer bar
     n.
     (lb en UK legal) The legal profession as practised by junior
  barristers.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  outer bar
     n.
     (lb en UK legal) The legal profession as practised by junior
  barristers.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  outer bar
     n.
     (lb en UK legal) The legal profession as practised by junior
  barristers.

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