Solicitor General
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Solicitor-General, the second law officer of the Crown, appointed by patent, and holding office during the continuance of the Ministry of which he is a subordinate member. He is usually knighted. He ranks after the Attorney-General, and receives an annual salary and fees; he may not now carry on a private practice. As to the Solicitor-General for Scotland, see LORD ADVOCATE. Attached to the household of a queen-consort there is an officer with this title. Consult Norton-Kyshe's Attorney-General and Solicitor-General of England.
The second highest-ranking legal officer in a government (after attorney general) esp., the chief courtroom lawyer for executive branch, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1399.
The second highest-ranking legal officer in a government (after attorney general) esp., the chief courtroom lawyer for executive branch, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1399.
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