a fee (in addition to that marked on the brief) paid to counsel in a case that lasts more than one day
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a drink that refreshes
<noun.food> he stopped at the bar for a quick refresher
a course that reviews and updates a topic for those who have not kept abreast of developments
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Refresher \Re*fresh"er\ (-?r), n. 1. One who, or that which, refreshes.
2. (Law) An extra fee paid to counsel in a case that has been adjourned from one term to another, or that is unusually protracted.
Ten guineas a day is the highest refresher which a counsel can charge. --London Truth.
He worked with ACE to develop similar programs for adults, from the illiterate to those in need of refresher courses.
Score one for Going Out and one for staying home. So Going Out emerges from this refresher course pretty robustly; the vitality of live events and the uniqueness of each performance score heavily.
Messrs. Bishop and Waldholz (hereinafter known as B-W) provide a quick refresher course in all these basics and then slow down to give a richly human account of the central inspiration that turned gene mapping into a practical business.
But to judge by the success that France's lofty rhetoric seems to enjoy, London ought to be sending its brighter young diplomats off to the grandes ecoles for a refresher course on Descartes and Voltaire.
The 3,000 women doing military service also risk criticism from family and friends, and prejudice from employers unwilling to give them paid leave for regular refresher training.
The Roman Catholic church is organising 'pastoral and theological' refresher courses at the Vatican for bishops.
A California study indicates that older people who take a driver training refresher courses may have fewer traffic convictions and serious accidents than do non-participants.
The Department of Transportation says the verdict isn't in yet on whether refresher courses actually change driver performance for older Americans.
The two officers were participating in a night carrier qualification and instrument refresher training exercise when the helicopter went down within sight of the ship, Capt.
And for lawyers already in practice, the committee recently revised its plan to oppose all mandatory education: It will recommend an obligatory refresher course in ethics.