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Duces tecum, subp'na

witness; but if it tend to criminate himself or his client (if the witness be a solicitor), or if it be

Conference

counsel and solicitor to advise on the cause of their client.

Counsel, or counsellor

Counsel, or counsellor, a person retained by a client to plead his cause in a court of judicature; a

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Counter

professional pleader; one who counts (i.e. orally recites) for a client, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

Deed

several parties, to be approved of by them on their client's behalf, the request of reading seldom occurs. In strict practice,

Discovery

Plasterers v. Smithies, 1906 AC 434. Communications between solicitor and client are privileged, but not communications to others (Jonesv. G. C.

Dominus litis

litigation; also an advocate who, after the death of his client, prosecuted a suit to sentence for the executor's use, Civil

Draft, or draught

settled previously to engrossment. Drafts are the property of the client, in business within the Solicitors Remuneration Order, 1882 (see SOLICITOR),

Retainer

Retainer. (1) The contract between client and solicitor or between solicitor and counsel for professional services:

Fraud

others; such are transactions between parent and child, attorney and client, principal and agent, guardian and ward, trustee and cestui que

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