King's Counsel or Queen's Counsel are those barristers in England and Ireland who, having been successful in their profession have received the letters-patent conferring that title and right of precedence in all courts; the appointment is honorary and for life, but in acting against the Crown a Q.C. must obtain leave by special license, which is always granted.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
King's College * King's County