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  • noun joint counsel

Etymologies

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co- +‎ counsel

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Examples

  • “May I have a moment to confer with my cocounsel?” he asked.

    Betrayed Robert K. Tanenbaum 2010

  • “May I have a moment to confer with my cocounsel?” he asked.

    Betrayed Robert K. Tanenbaum 2010

  • She was on the record as cocounsel, but she was really just there for moral support.

    Law of Attraction Allison Leotta 2010

  • She was on the record as cocounsel, but she was really just there for moral support.

    Law of Attraction Allison Leotta 2010

  • She was on the record as cocounsel, but she was really just there for moral support.

    Law of Attraction Allison Leotta 2010

  • One of my main bottlenecks is a lack of cocounsel in other states.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Addressing the Most Important Weakness of Conservative-Libertarian Public Interest Law 2009

  • Her practice grew slowly until April 1918 when, without cocounsel, she successfully defended Orzio Ricotta on a homicide charge, a first for a New Jersey woman lawyer.

    Elizabeth Blume Silverstein. 2009

  • He then earned an L.L.B. at Northwestern University before acting as defense cocounsel in the explosive trial of the Haymarket Riot “anarchists.”

    Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler. 2009

  • Yet for Shelton and his cocounsel Richard Scholz, it was not that simple.

    Defending the Damned Kevin Davis 2007

  • Marijane, who handled the case with cocounsel Allan Sincox, worked with Campbell to get a plea of guilty.

    Defending the Damned Kevin Davis 2007

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