Definition of attorney

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

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Essoiner :: Essoiner (n.) An attorney who sufficiently excuses the absence of another.
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..
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..
Attorney :: Attorney (n.) A substitute; a proxy; an agent.
Compear :: Compear (v. i.) To appear in court personally or by 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..
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..
Attorneys :: Attorneys (pl. ) of Attorne.
Doer :: Doer (v. t. & i.) An agent or attorney; a factor.
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..
Lawyer :: Lawyer (n.) 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 term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates..
Proctor :: Proctor (v. t.) To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.
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..
Fiscal :: Fiscal (n.) The solicitor in Spain and Portugal; the attorney-general.
Constituent :: Constituent (n.) A person who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact.
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..
Attorneyism :: Attorneyism (n.) The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys.
Attorney :: Attorney (v. t.) To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy.
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..
Pettifogger :: Pettifogger (n.) A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.
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