The exchange of opinions and advice especially in legal issues; consultation.
The word "counsel" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it to refer to advice or guidance given by a professional person or expert, or to refer to a collective group of such professionals or experts who provide advice and guidance in a particular area. For example, "The company sought counsel from a team of experienced attorneys before making their final decision.".
Counsel assisting the commission, Geoffrey Watson, said he had been of the opinion that George had done nothing wrong.
"Sounds like a pretty good loan, doesn't it?" counsel assisting the commission, Geoffrey Watson, SC, said.
Only after she and others made a "major stink" with contacts in the offices of the corporation counsel and Mayor Rahm Emanuel did they even learn about Homan Square.
When Facebook's published its requests data, the general counsel, Ted Ullyot, wrote: "We aggressively protect our users' data when confronted with such requests: we frequently reject such requests outright, or require the government to substantially scale down its requests, or simply give the government much less data than it has requested".
After the verdict, Buck shook hands with junior prosecuting counsel Edward Lewis and told him: "I'm sorry about this whole situation".
Robert Jay QC, counsel to the inquiry, said Price had also said he had been told Blair would never change policy on Europe without talking to Murdoch first.
Coulson has kept his counsel throughout the past three years and barely spoke to reporters who shared the same court as him in the eight-month trial at the Old Bailey.
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