ATTORNEY
\ɐtˈɜːni], \ɐtˈɜːni], \ɐ_t_ˈɜː_n_i]\
Definitions of ATTORNEY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A substitute; a proxy; an agent.
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One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact.
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A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law.
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To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy.
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A substitute; a proxy; an agent.
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One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact.
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A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law.
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To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy.
By Noah Webster.
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A lawyer or legal representative; one legally qualified to act for another in the transaction of private business.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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One legally authorized to act for another: one legally qualified to manage cases in a court of law: a solicitor: a solicitor or attorney prepares cases and does general law business, while a barrister pleads before the courts:-pl. ATTORNEYS.
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ATTORNEYSHIP.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French, Latin] One who is legally appointed by another to transact business for him. Power of attorney, a legal document by which a person authorizes another to transact business for him.
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Such a small person as by consent, commandment, or request, takes heed to fees, and takes upon him the charge of other men's business, in their absence; one who is appointed or retained to prosecute or defend an action at law; a lawyer.
By Thomas Sheridan
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