Definition of side–bar rule
: an English legal rule authorized by the court to be granted by the clerk of the rules upon a praecipe as a matter of course without formal application being made to the court
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Origin and Etymology of side–bar rule
so called from its being formerly moved for by the attorneys within a bar on the side of the court in Westminster Hall, former chief law court of England
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