Attorney - Law Dictionary Search Results
Law practice
Law practice, means an attorney's professional business, including the relationships that the attorney has with clients and the goodwill associated with those relationships,
Estate duty
63 Vict. c. 7), passed to alter the law as laid down by the Court of Appeal in Attorney-General v. de Preville, (1900) 1 QB 223, but does not include property in which the life interest is
immigration judge
immigration judge An attorney appointed by the Attorney General to act as an administrative judge within the Executive Office for Immigration Review.
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summons
by an authorized judicial officer (as a clerk of court) and delivered to a plaintiff or the plaintiff's attorney for service on the defendant and that notifies the defendant that he or she must appear and defend
living will
treatment in the event of terminal illness or permanent unconsciousness see also advance directive compare durable power of attorney at power of attorney
lodestar
guiding light or principle] : the amount obtained by multiplying the reasonable amount of hours spent by an attorney working on a case by the reasonable hourly billing rate for purposes of calculating an award of attorney's
Miranda rights
Supreme Court ruling establishing such rights] : the rights (as the right to remain silent, to have an attorney present, and to have an attorney appointed if indigent) of which an arresting officer must advise the person
misconduct
wrongful behavior (as adultery) by a spouse that leads to the dissolution of the marriage c : an attorney's violation of the standards set for professional conduct ;also : an attorney's and esp. a prosecutor's use of
opinion
fact 2 a : advice or evaluation regarding the legal issues involved in a situation given by an attorney to a client [an of title] called also legal opinion see also opinion letter at letter b :
power
or right to affect another's interest in property (as by conveyance) see also power of appointment, power of attorney collateral power : naked power in this entry general power : a power that may be exercised in
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