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ANCIENTS

Legal Term: ANCIENTS
Definition: 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 readings are termed ancients. In Gray"s Inn, the ancients are the oldest barristers, besides which the society consists of benchers, barristers and students. In the Inas of Chancery, it conts of ancients, and students or clerks.



***All definitions are taken from the 1856 Edition of Bouviers Law Dictionary

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