counsel
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His counsel, Emily Lauchlan, said it was an "impromptu pursuit without forward thinking or planning".
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Batson established a three-part framework for racial juror challenges: Defense counsel challenges a strike, the prosecutor gives race-neutral reasons for it, then defense counsel has the opportunity to rebut those proffered reasons as pretextual.
From Slate • May 28, 2026
Carroll’s lawyers in 2023 told Trump’s lawyers that Carroll “now recalls that at some point her counsel secured additional funding from a nonprofit organization to offset certain expenses and legal fees.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
“He was scrupulous about not interfering in editorial business, but if you turned to him for counsel, he invariably offered judicious advice,” she said in an obituary released Tuesday night by the Newhouse family.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
‘In the dark hour before dawn I doubted, but we will not part now. I will come with you, if that is your counsel.’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing counsel
The Bill of Rights
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Some Tricky Homonyms
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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