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briefless

(ˈbriːflɪs)
adj
(Law) (said of a barrister) without clients
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brief•less

(ˈbrif lɪs)

adj.
having no clients, as a lawyer.
[1815–25]
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Adj. 1. briefless - (of lawyers or barristers) lacking clients
patronless, unpatronised, unpatronized - having little patronage or few clients; "a restaurant unpatronized by the elite"
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Briefless, the barrister's wife, who is of a good family certainly, but, as we all know, is as poor as poor can be.
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He relates to us all the various steps by which his office-boy rose to be the "ruler of the queen's navee," and explains to us how the briefless barrister managed to become a great and good judge, "ready to try this breach of promise of marriage." It is in the petty details, not in the great results, that the interest of existence lies.
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"That is a proof of devotion, indeed." She half closed her eyes, and indulged herself in a fascinating picture of a briefless barrister lodged in a garret, writing immortal novels by the light of a farthing dip.
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