bar sb. (3 properly, the barrier marking off the precinct of the judge's seat, at which prisoners stand)
1.
plea or objection of force
sufficient to arrest entirely an action or claim at
law Wiv. III. iv. 7,
Shr. I. i. 138
“this bar in
law,”
H5 I. ii. 35, 42
3.
tribunal, court H5 V. ii. 27, R3 V. iii. 200.