Attorney
[ə'tɜːnɪ] or [ə'tɝni]
Definition
(n.) A substitute; a proxy; an agent.
(n.) One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact.
(n.) A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law.
(v. t.) To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Agent, factor, proxy, deputy, substitute.[2]. Lawyer, counsellor, counsel, SOLICITOR, advocate, barrister, attorney-at-law, limb of the law.
Typist: Yvette
Definition
n. one legally authorised to act for another—hence the sense of the phrases 'in person' and 'by attorney:' 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.) Attor′neys.—v.t. Attor′ney (Shak.) to perform by proxy to employ as a proxy.—ns. Attor′ney-gen′eral the first ministerial law-officer of the Crown in England and Ireland: the title of the king's attorney in the duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall and the county palatine of Durham: in the United States one of the seven officials who constitute the president's cabinet the head of the department of Justice; Attor′neyship Attor′neyism Attor′neydom.—Attorney-at-law or Public attorney a professional and duly qualified legal agent; Attorney in fact or Private attorney one duly appointed by letter or power of attorney to act for another in matters of contract money payments and the like.—Letter warrant or Power of attorney the formal instrument by one person authorising another to perform certain acts for him.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see an attorney at the bar, denotes that disputes of a serious nature will arise between parties interested in worldly things. Enemies are stealing upon you with false claims. If you see an attorney defending you, your friends will assist you in coming trouble, but they will cause you more worry than enemies.
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Examples
- Here it is,' whispered the attorney, as he deposited the money on the hand of their guide. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The attorney shrugged his shoulders. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Excuse my asking the question, Mr. Samuel,' continued the attorney in a lower voice, 'was your mother-in-law tall? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I held his power of attorney, and signed his checks. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The duke will prefer giving you fifty thousand pounds, said the duke's attorney to me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- They issued a legislative curse, and called upon the district attorney to do the rest. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Emma guessed him to be the drudge of some attorney, and too stupid to rise. Jane Austen. Emma.
- We trust our health to the physician, our fortune, and sometimes our life and reputation, to the lawyer and attorney. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Her father had been an attorney in Meryton, and had left her four thousand pounds. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The draft was duly honoured, and the attorney, finding that his strange client might be safely relied upon, commenced his work in earnest. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- This the duke gladly agreed to, and sent Worcester to me, accompanied by his attorney, to ask me what I required. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The blue-flies buzzed again, and Mr. Attorney-General called Mr. Jarvis Lorry. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Mr. Phunky, Serjeant Snubbin,' replied the attorney. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I was half in love with the good attorney, and went to sleep at last, while wondering to myself what he was like. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mr. Attorney-General sat down, and the father and daughter sat down together. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Dodson and Fogg, the attorneys for the plaintiff, did they? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- With federal, state, and municipal authorities in existence, with courts, district attorneys, police all operating, they create another arm of prosecution. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The fees annually paid to lawyers and attorneys, amount, in every court, to a much greater sum than the salaries of the judges. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Her attorneys, Messrs. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The attorneys for the plaintiff,' said Mr. Serjeant Buzfuz. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Ye gods, what do not attorneys and attorneys' clerks know in London! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He is allowed by the greater attorneys who have made good fortunes or are making them to be a most respectable man. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He bestirred himself, found patent attorneys who were willing to look into his patents, and when they pronounced them unassailable, found money enough to defend them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But the attorneys, who sit at a large bare table below the commissioners, are, after all, the greatest curiosities. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Do you know that you were the attorneys for the plaintiff, in Bardell and Pickwick? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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