[ad. F. stagiaire, f. (after med.L. stagiārius: see prec.) stage period of probation, esp. terms to be kept by a student before admission to the bar, ad. med.L. stagium, ad. OF. estage: see STAGE sb.] a. sb. A French law student (see quot. 1836). b. adj. In stagiary school, a school in which, according to the French law of 1850, assistants could be employed who had no certificate of capacity, but only a certificate of three years’ service (F. stage).
1836. Blackw. Mag., XL. 592. The Stagiaries form societies of their own body, under the title of conferences, in which they exercise themselves in pleading imaginary cases, and in discussing questions of law.
1861. M. Arnold, Pop. Educ. France, 143. Few departmental councils consented to authorise any stagiary schools at all.
