In law, the bar is the legal profession as an institution. The term is a metonym for the line that separates the parts of a courtroom reserved for spectators and those reserved for those who may addre
In this courtroom in Worcester, Massachusetts (United States), the bar is represented by a physical barrier (with swinging gate doors), separating the benches reserved for spectators from the judge's bench and lawyers' tables.
The wooden bar in front of the magistrate's bench in an 18th-century outdoor courtroom in Belgium
Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a concept is referred to by the name of something associated with that thing or concept. For example, the word "suit" may refer to a person from groups commonly
Bar (law)
…In law, the bar is the legal profession as an institution. The term is a metonym for the line (or "bar") that separates the parts of a courtroom reserved for spectators and those reserved for those who may address the court in a…
The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense and is a common metonym for the US military and its leadership
The White House is the official residence of the president of the United States, and its name is a common metonym for the presidency and cabinet of the United States.
Fleet Street (where most British national newspapers previously operated) is a metonym for the British press
The Kremlin is often used as a metonym for the central governments of both the Soviet Union and modern Russia