ANCIENTS

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ANCIENTS


ANCIENTS, English law. A term for gentlemen in the Inns of Courts who are of a certain standing. In the Middle Temple, all who have passed their readingsare termed ancients. In Gray's Inn, the ancients are the oldest barristers;besides which the society consists of benchers, barristers and students. Inthe Inas of Chancery, it consists of ancients, and students or clerks.

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