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A serjeant-at-law was a highly respected barrister in English law who had achieved the highest degree of the legal profession. They had the exclusive privilege of practicing in the Court of Common Pleas until 1846 and every judge of the common-law courts was required to be a serjeant-at-law until the Judicature Act of 1873. The rank was gradually replaced by that of Queen's Counsel. Serjeants' Inn was a building on Chancery Lane, London, that housed the Order of Serjeants-at-Law, but it was sold and demolished in 1877.
A serjeant-at-law was a type of barrister in English law who had achieved the highest degree of the legal profession. They had the exclusive privilege of practicing in the Court of Common Pleas until 1846. Every judge of the common-law courts was required to be a serjeant-at-law until the Judicature Act of 1873. The rank was gradually replaced by that of Queen's Counsel.
These examples illustrate how a serjeant-at-law was a highly respected and exclusive type of barrister in English law.
Serjeants' Inn was a building on Chancery Lane in London that housed the Order of Serjeants-at-Law. The building was sold and demolished in 1877.
This example shows how Serjeants' Inn was a physical location associated with the Order of Serjeants-at-Law.