LEGAL COMMUNITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction

Example:

he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey

Synonyms:

bar; legal community; legal profession

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("legal community" is a kind of...):

profession (the body of people in a learned occupation)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)