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city attorney
city attorney is called city solicitor or city counselor. At the town level, the title used is often town counsel. In Boston, the title corporation counsel is used. In Cleveland, it is director of law.
Actor
the advocate or pleading patron of a church. Actor vill' was the steward or head bailiff of a town or village, Cowel. Actor is one who acts; a person whose conduct is in question, Black Law Dictionary, … called adversarius, but either party might be called so with respect to the other. Also a proctor or advocate in civil Courts or causes. Actor dominicus, a term often used for the lord's bailiff or attorney. Actor
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patent
making a conveyance of public lands [to issue a to each of said Indians for the village or town lot occupied by him "U.S. Code"] see also fee patent at fee vt : to obtain or grant … against infringement] 2 : of, relating to, or concerned with the granting of patents esp. for inventions [a lawyer] [involved in litigation] 3 : readily seen, discovered, or understood [a defect] [if no bad faith or abuse
Advowson
be applied in the augmentation of benefices and otherwise. As to the union of contiguous benefices in cities, towns, and boroughs, see 23 & 24 Vict. c. 14. See NEXT PRESENTATION. … a church or spiritual living; the person possessed of this right or patronage being called the patron or advocate (patronus aut advocatus), on account of his obligation to protect and defend the privileges of the particular benefice.
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