Attorney

county attorney

county attorney : a district attorney for a county ...

attorney general pl: attorneys general or: attorney generals : the chief law officer of a nation or state who represents the government in litigation and serves as its principal legal advisor ...

attorney pl: -neys [Anglo-French atorné legal representative, from past participle of atorner to designate, appoint, from Old French, to prepare, arrange see attorn ] : a person authorized to act on another's behalf ;esp : lawyer see also attorney-in-fact compare counsel ...

advocate

advocate [Latin advocatus adviser to a party in a lawsuit, counselor, from past participle of advocare to summon, employ as counsel, from ad to + vocare to call] 1 : a person (as a lawyer) who works and argues in support of another's cause esp. in court 2 : a person or group that defends or maintains a cause or proposal [a consumer ] [ad-və-kāt] vb -cat·ed -cat·ing vt : to argue in favor of vi : to act as an advocate [shall for minority business "V. M. Rivera"] ...

Colonial Attorneys Relief Acts (English)

Colonial Attorneys Relief Acts (English), 1857, 1874, and 1884 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 39, 37 & 38 Vict. c. 41, and 47 & 48 Vict. c. 24). These Acts provided for the admission, to practise as solicitors in the Supreme Court in England, of all persons, being subjects of the British Crown, who have been duly admitted and enrolled as attorneys and solicitors in any colony. These Acts were repealed by the Colonial Solicitors Act, 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. 14), which was in turn repealed by the Solicitors Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 37), and s. 35 enacts:-(1) A solicitor of a Superior Court in a British possession to which this section applies who has been in practice before such Court for not less than three years may-(a) on giving due notice and the prescribed proof of his qualification and good character; and(b) on passing the prescribed examination or, in the prescribed cases, without examination; and(c) after service under Articles during the prescribed period or, in the prescribed cases, wit...

Advocate, King's

Advocate, King's, a member of the College of Advocates, appointed by letters patent, whose office was to advise and act as counsel for the Crown in questions of civil, canon, and international law. It is believed that the office has never been formally abolished....

Queen's Coroner and Attorney

Queen's Coroner and Attorney, an officer on the Crown side of the Queen's Bench (6 & 7 Vict. c. 20), who by the (English) Judicature Officers) Act, 1879, became a 'Master of the Supreme Court.'...

Advocate General

Advocate General, defined. [Indian Bar Councils Act, (38 of 1926), s. 2(b)--referred in Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 (70 of 1971), s. 15.Means the principal law officer of a State: appointed by the Governor to give advice to the Government of the State upon such legal matters, and to perform such other duties of a legal character as may be referred or assigned to him by the Governor. [Constitution of India, Article 165(1) & (2)]...

examining attorney

examining attorney A USPTO employee who examines (reviews and determines compliance with the legal and regulatory requirements of) an application for registration of a federally registered trademark Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ...

letter of attorney

letter of attorney see letter ...

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