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Inns of Court

The four voluntary societies which have the exclusive right of calling to the bar. They are the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn. Each is governed by a board of benchers.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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