Bar

The complete body of attorneys, so called because they are the personsprivileged to enter beyond the bar that separates the general courtroomaudience from the judge's bench. The case at bar refers to the particularaction before the court. In procedure, bar refers to a barrier to therelitigating of an issue. A bar operates to deny a party the right or privilegeof rechallenging issues in subsequent litigation. The prevailing party in alawsuit can use the favorable decision to bar retrial of the action.