[wimpycat]

From the Merriam-Webster dictionary (were either one of them Jewish?)

Bar:

3 a (1) : the railing in a courtroom that encloses the place about the judge where prisoners are stationed or where the business of the court is transacted in civil cases (2) : COURT, TRIBUNAL (3) : a particular system of courts (4) : an authority or tribunal that hands down judgment b (1) : the barrier in the English Inns of Court that formerly separated the seats of the benchers or readers from the body of the hall occupied by the students (2) : the whole body of barristers or lawyers qualified to practice in the courts of any jurisdiction (3) : the profession of barrister or lawyer

[goldilucky]

your definition of "bar" is accurate but from the acronym point "BAR" means British Attorney Registry. Our courts and law are under the control of British and England crown.