"learned counsel" meaning in English

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          "text": "One of the objections of the learned counsel is, that the debts of states are debts of honor only; engagements of imperfect obligation, which the debtors may keep or break at will, without accountability anywhere.",
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        "(law, formal) A courteous description used to refer to a lawyer."
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