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Disbar :: Disbar (v. t.) To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his status and privileges as such..

Attorney :: Attorney (n.) One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact.

Nolle Prosequi :: Nolle prosequi () Will not prosecute; -- an entry on the record, denoting that a plaintiff discontinues his suit, or the attorney for the public a prosecution; either wholly, or as to some count, or as to some of several defendants..

Solicitor :: Solicitor (n.) An attorney or advocate; one who represents another in court; -- formerly, in English practice, the professional designation of a person admitted to practice in a court of chancery or equity. See the Note under Attorney..

Admit :: Admit (v. t.) To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail..

Empower :: Empower (v. t.) To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor..

Kahani :: Kahani (n.) A kind of notary public, or attorney, in the Levant..

Essoiner :: Essoiner (n.) An attorney who sufficiently excuses the absence of another.

Attorneys :: Attorneys (pl. ) of Attorne.

Pettifogger :: Pettifogger (n.) A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.

Present :: Present (a.) Present letters or instrument, as a deed of conveyance, a lease, letter of attorney, or other writing; as in the phrase, Know all men by these presents, that is, by the writing itself, per has literas praesentes; -- in this sense, rarely used in the singular..

Paid :: Paid (imp., p. p., & a.) Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney..

Attorn :: Attorn (v. t.) To turn, or transfer homage and service, from one lord to another. This is the act of feudatories, vassals, or tenants, upon the alienation of the estate..

Represent :: Represent (v. t.) To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another); as, an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in Congress..

Barrister :: Barrister (n.) Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. See Attorney..

Solicitor-general :: Solicitor-general (n.) The second law officer in the government of Great Britain; also, a similar officer under the United States government, who is associated with the attorney-general; also, the chief law officer of some of the States..

Fiscal :: Fiscal (n.) The solicitor in Spain and Portugal; the attorney-general.

Anagram :: Anagram (n.) Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law..

Vakeel :: Vakeel (n.) A native attorney or agent; also, an ambassador..

Attorneyship :: Attorneyship (n.) The office or profession of an attorney; agency for another.

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