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of atorner: cf. LL. atturnatus, attornatus, fr. attornare. See 1. A substitute; a proxy; an agent. And will have no attorney but myself. Shak. One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact. A legal

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of atorner: cf. LL. atturnatus, attornatus, fr. attornare. See 1. A substitute; a proxy; an agent. And will have no attorney but myself. Shak. One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact. A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law. Note: An attorney is either public or private. A private attorney, or an attorney in fact, is a person appointed by another, by a letter or power of attorney, to transact any business for him out of court; but in a more extended sense, this class includes any agent employed in any business, or to do any act in pais, for another. A public attorney, or attorney at law, is a practitioner in a court of law, legally qualified to prosecute and defend actions in such court, on the retainer of clients. Bouvier. -- The attorney at law answers to the procurator of the civilians, to the solicitor in chancery, and to the proctor in the ecclesiastical and admiralty courts, and all of these are comprehended under the more general term lawyer. In Great Britain and in some states of the United States, attorneys are distinguished from counselors in that the business of the former is to carry on the practical and formal parts of the suit. In many states of the United States however, no such distinction exists. In England, since 1873, attorneys at law are by statute called solicitors. A power, letter, or warrant, of attorney, a written authority from one person empowering another to transact business for him.

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  • ADVOCATE
    advocatus, one summoned or called to another; properly the p. p. of advocare to call to, call to one's aid; ad + vocare to call. See 1. One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or
  • ATTORNEYISM
    The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys.
  • COUNSEL
    fr. the root of consulere to consult, of uncertain origin. Cf. 1. Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation. All the chief priest and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death. Matt. xxvii. 1. 2. Examination
  • COUNSELOR
    conseiler, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliarius, fr. consilium 1. One who counsels; an adviser. Can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good counselor, or no Shak. 2. A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign
  • LAWYER
    1. One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general
  • COUNSELORSHIP
    The function and rank or office of a counselor. Bacon.
  • ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required. Wharton. (more info) general).
  • COUNSELABLE
    1. Willing to receive counsel or follow advice. Few men of so great parts were upon all occasions more counselable than he. Clarendon. 2. Suitable to be advised; advisable, wise. He did not believe it counselable. Clarendon.
  • ATTORNEY
    of atorner: cf. LL. atturnatus, attornatus, fr. attornare. See 1. A substitute; a proxy; an agent. And will have no attorney but myself. Shak. One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact. A legal
  • ATTORNEYSHIP
    The office or profession of an attorney; agency for another. Shak.
  • LAWYERLIKE; LAWYERLY
    Like, or becoming, a lawyer; as, lawyerlike sagacity. "Lawyerly mooting of this point." Milton.
  • ADVOCATESHIP
    Office or duty of an advocate.
  • PENANG LAWYER
    A kind of walking stick made from the stem of an East Asiatic palm .
  • DISCOUNSEL
    To dissuade. Spenser.
  • MISCOUNSEL
    To counsel or advise wrongly.
  • SUBADVOCATE
    An under or subordinate advocate.
  • SEA LAWYER
    The gray snapper. See under Snapper.

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