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abogacía — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • advocacy noun Public support for a cause, policy, or group of people.
  • bar noun A place that sells alcoholic drinks to be consumed on the premises, or the counter inside it.
  • jurisprudence noun The theoretical study of law and the principles underlying legal systems.

Senses

abogacía is used for these senses in English:

  • advocacy The profession of an advocate.
  • attorneyship The office or profession of an attorney.
  • bar (law, metonym, "the Bar", "the bar") Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.
  • bar (transitive) To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
  • jurisprudence (legal) The theoretical study of law.

bar — full definition

  1. noun A place that sells alcoholic drinks to be consumed on the premises, or the counter inside it.
  2. noun A rigid piece of metal, wood, or similar material, much longer than it is wide.
  3. noun A block-shaped piece of a solid substance, especially soap or chocolate.
  4. noun Something that blocks or prevents progress; an obstacle.
  5. noun The legal profession, or the examination lawyers must pass to practise.

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