noun
an examination conducted at regular intervals to determine whether a candidate is qualified to practice law in a given jurisdiction
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applicants may qualify to take the New York bar examination by graduating from an approved law school
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he passed the bar exam on his third try
• Syn: ↑bar examination
• Hypernyms: ↑examination, ↑exam, ↑test
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an examination that people must pass in order to become a barrister (=a lawyer who has the right to speak in a higher court of law)
Thesaurus: school and university examinations and testshyponym
Useful english dictionary. 2012.