Inn of Court Definition

Inn of Court
noun

1. Any of the four voluntary, unincorporated societies in London, or the one in Belfast, with the exclusive right to ‘call lawyers to the bar' (see bar¹ noun 10) in England, Wales and N Ireland. See also bencher.
2. Any of the sets of buildings that these societies occupy.

Etymology: 14c, referring to any of the four Inns in London (Middle Temple, Inner Temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn); the Inn of Court in Belfast dates from 1926.