Definition of attorney

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Attorney (n.) A substitute; a proxy; an agent.

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Paid :: Paid (imp., p. p., & a.) Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney..
Compear :: Compear (v. i.) To appear in court personally or by attorney.
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..
Proctor :: Proctor (n.) An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity..
Vakeel :: Vakeel (n.) A native attorney or agent; also, an ambassador..
Pettifogger :: Pettifogger (n.) A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.
Proctor :: Proctor (v. t.) To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.
Attorney-general :: Attorney-general (n.) 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..
Essoiner :: Essoiner (n.) An attorney who sufficiently excuses the absence of another.
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.
Constituent :: Constituent (n.) A person who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact.
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..
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..
Doer :: Doer (v. t. & i.) An agent or attorney; a factor.
Attorneyism :: Attorneyism (n.) The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys.
Attorney :: Attorney (n.) A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law.
Kahani :: Kahani (n.) A kind of notary public, or attorney, in the Levant..
Attorney :: Attorney (v. t.) To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy.
Attorneyship :: Attorneyship (n.) The office or profession of an attorney; agency for another.
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