Examples from Collins dictionaries His parishioners sought his counsel and loved him. My advisers counselled me to do nothing. The prime minister was right to counsel caution about military intervention. Crawford counsels her on all aspects of her career.
Examples: Counsel as a verb The school therapist counsels students on how to manage stress. Jordan counsels people facing financial difficulties. He counseled them to avoid any hasty decisions. It can also be used as a noun to mean “formal advice” or to refer to a legal advisor.
You were unwise to reject my counsel. She is serving as counsel for the defendant. Chesebro has not been charged with a crime by the special counsel.
Examples from Collins dictionaries The city council has voted almost unanimously in favour. There is a shortage of council housing. Council tenants around the country are planning a mass lobby of Parliament. He was a member of the council of the Royal Northern College of Music.
The verb counsel suggests the act of giving advice: "The lawyer counseled her client on the plea bargain"; "The professor counsels graduate students in their dissertation work." This fact is helpful when one has to choose between counsel and council when a verb is called for because council does not have a verb form.
In large law firms, the title generally denotes a lawyer with the experience of a partner, but who does not carry the same workload or business development responsibility.
The Opponent means any Defendant or proposed Defendant in an action brought or contemplated by the Claimant in respect of his or her claim for damages for personal injury, death or disease.
Of counsels are lawyers who have an affiliation and working relationship with a law firm, but do not hold a staff title such as partner or associate. They provide legal advice and guidance, often focused in their particular area of legal specialization.
An associate solicitor is a senior assistant employed by a law firm that helps to handle cases and do day-to-day legal work for their clients as instructed by the partners. The associate can become a partner at a future point in time.
The legal system in England uses the term counsel as an approximate synonym for a barrister-at-law, but not for a solicitor, and may apply it to mean either a single person who pleads a cause, or collectively, the body of barristers engaged in a case.