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-{{def|Inhouse counsel|/ˈɪnhaʊs ˈkaʊns(ə)l/|n||[[File:Legal eagle.jpg|450px|thumb|center|A [[legal eagle]] yesterday.]]}}A peculiar breed of  [[legal eagle|legal wordwright]] whose expertise chiefly resides in knowing enough about the law to frame the right question for someone else, but artfully [[Disclaimer|disclaiming]] enough knowledge to actually answer it; and the tactical acumen to throw such a hospital pass to such an unsuspecting third party without anyone twigging that she has done it. You can find detailed criteria — what it takes to excel at the job of steering emails — [[Inhouse legal team of the year|here]].
+{{def|Inhouse counsel|/ˈɪnhaʊs ˈkaʊns(ə)l/|n||[[File:Legal eagle.jpg|450px|thumb|center|A [[legal eagle]] yesterday.]]}}A peculiar breed of wordwright whose chief expertise resides in (i) knowing enough about the law to frame a sensible question about it for someone else, but [[Disclaimer|disclaiming]] enough knowledge to competently answer the question by herself; and (ii) having the tactical acumen to throw just such a hospital pass without anyone twigging that she has done it.
+You can find detailed criteria — what it takes to excel at the job of steering emails — [[Inhouse legal team of the year|here]].
 The person who proves best at this behaviour over a sustained period of time gets to be [[general counsel]].