counsel.

Again, it is proper to the rational creature to be moved through the research of reason to perform any particular action, and this research is called counsel.

Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas

The same day a deputation of four members of the Convention brought to the king a decree authorizing him to obtain counsel.

The Ruin of a Princess Cl 1912

It also gives the elements of good character in counsel. sound wisdom -- (Pr 2: 7).

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

An attorney who appears in a court of law and acts or defends a person, or acts against a person accused of crime, is called a counsel.

Civil Government of Virginia William Fayette Fox 1872

Darren Tucker, a 36-year-old antitrust attorney in Washington, was rising at O'Melveny & Myers, earning about $400,000 last year as a "counsel."

Income Gap Shrinks in Slump at the Expense of the Wealthy 2009

Twain had been asked by Democrats in Jersey City to be present at the raising of a Tilden ... flag there & take the stand & give them some 'counsel.'

The Atlantic | July/August 2001 | Mark Twain's Reconstruction | Blount Jr. 2001

God; and this is to take counsel of God, for as Augustine says (Gen. ad lit. v, 19) "the angels take counsel of God about things beneath them": wherefore the instruction which they receive from God in such matters is called "counsel."

Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas

Instead of making the decision himself, however, and drawing up a treaty, he turned to the Senate for "counsel."

History of the United States Mary Ritter Beard 1917

Comte, one of the acute and courageous editors of the Censor, was chosen by the general as his "counsel."

Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I Pierre Alexandre ��douard Fleury de Chaboulon 1807

If members of the individual who dies during surgery things a mistake caused the death this would be another situation that calls for this kind of counsel.

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