Definition of attorney

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Attorney (v. t.) To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy.

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Attorneys :: Attorneys (pl. ) of Attorne.
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..
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..
Attorney :: Attorney (v. t.) To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy.
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..
Attorney :: Attorney (n.) A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law.
Constituent :: Constituent (n.) A person who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact.
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..
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..
Substitution :: Substitution (n.) The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, the substitution of an agent, attorney, or representative to act for one in his absense; the substitution of bank notes for gold and silver as a circulating medium..
Paid :: Paid (imp., p. p., & a.) Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney..
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..
Vakeel :: Vakeel (n.) A native attorney or agent; also, an ambassador..
Proctor :: Proctor (v. t.) To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.
Relator :: Relator (n.) A private person at whose relation, or in whose behalf, the attorney-general allows an information in the nature of a quo warranto to be filed..
Attorney :: Attorney (n.) A substitute; a proxy; an agent.
Attorney :: Attorney (n.) One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact.
Kahani :: Kahani (n.) A kind of notary public, or attorney, in the Levant..
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..
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..
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