attorney
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noun- 1.
(US)A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
Đồng nghĩa: lawyer, barrister, solicitor, counsel, counselor, advocate[Appendix:Glossary, abogado, advocate, attorney, avocat, counsel, counselor, latitat, lawman, lawyer, legal representative, limb of the law, man of law
- 2.
(law) An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf in accordance with that person's instructions.
Near-synonyms: agent, proxy, representative
Đồng nghĩa: agent, proxy, representative
- 3.
(UK, dated)(UK, dated, 19th century and earlier) One such who practised in the courts of the common law.
- 4.
(UK, derogatory, rare, usually)(UK, 20th century and later, rare, usually derogatory) A solicitor.
- 5.
(Philippines, US, sometimes)(Philippines, sometimes US) An honorific given to lawyers and notaries public, or those holders by profession who also do other jobs. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Atty.
- 6.
An attorney tree (Clusia spp.)
- 7.
A prosecutor.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive, rare)To work as a legal attorney.
- 2.
(rare, transitive)To provide with a legal attorney.
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From Middle English attourne, from Old French atorné, past participle of atorner, atourner, aturner (to attorn), in the sense of "one appointed or constituted".