Word Meanings - ATTORNEYSHIP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The office or profession of an attorney; agency for another. Shak.

Related words: (words related to ATTORNEYSHIP)

• ANOTHER-GUESS
  Of another sort. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot.
• OFFICEHOLDER
  An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
• ATTORNEYISM
  The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys.
• OFFICE WIRE
  Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.
• PROFESSIONALISM
  The following of a profession, sport, etc., as an occupation; - - opposed to Ant: amateurism.
• 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).
• 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
• ANOTHER
  1. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect. Another yet! -- a seventh! I 'll see no more. Shak. Would serve to scale another Hero's tower. Shak. 2. Not the same; different. He winks,
• OFFICER
  Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard,
• AGENCY
  1. The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality. The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world. Woodward. 2. The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between
• ATTORNEYSHIP
  The office or profession of an attorney; agency for another. Shak.
• ANOTHER-GAINES
  Of another kind. Sir P. Sidney.
• OFFICE
  The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. As for the offices, let them stand at distance. Bacon. (more info) 1. That which a person does, either
• PROFESSION
  The act of entering, or becoming a member of, a religious order. (more info) 1. The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith. A solemn vow, promise, and
• PROFESSIONAL
  1. Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledge; professional conduct. "Pride, not personal, but professional." Macaulay. "A professional
• PROFESSIONALIST
  professional person.
• PROFESSIONALLY
  In a professional manner or capacity; by profession or calling; in the exercise of one's profession; one employed professionally.
• ANOTHER-GATES
  Of another sort. "Another-gates adventure." Hudibras.
• POST OFFICE
  See POST
• BOOKING OFFICE
  1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold.
• CROWN OFFICE
  The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
• NONPROFESSIONAL
  Not belonging to a profession; not done by, or proceeding from, professional men; contrary to professional usage.
• INTERAGENCY
  Intermediate agency.
• SUBAGENCY
  A subordinate agency.
• SUBOFFICER
  An under or subordinate officer.
• UNDEROFFICER
  A subordinate officer.