Solicitor
[sə'lɪsɪtə] or [sə'lɪsɪtɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents.
(noun.) a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes.
Checker: Newman--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who solicits.
(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.
(n.) The law officer of a city, town, department, or government; as, the city solicitor; the solicitor of the treasury.
Checker: Spenser
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Asker, petitioner, solicitant.[2]. (Law.) Chancery lawyer, equity lawyer.
Typist: Sadie
Examples
- My name is Briggs, a solicitor of --- Street, London. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Very well, gentlemen, very well,' said Mr. Pickwick, rising in person and wrath at the same time; 'you shall hear from my solicitor, gentlemen. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr. Merriman is Sir Percival's solicitor, he said quietly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Mr. Luker had answered that the best and safest person, in such cases, was usually a respectable solicitor. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I handed 'em over to my friend and solicitor, Mr. Tulkinghorn, not to anybody else. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was arranged that more witnesses should be summoned, and that the London solicitor of the deceased should be invited to attend. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Respected solicitor, it's not that. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A very respectable solicitor. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He was the solicitor in those days, sir, who had the appointment of vestry-clerk to this church. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He manifestly objected to communicate with Mr Boffin's solicitor. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He was a solicitor and was using my room as a temporary convenience until his new premises were ready. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- You know he is Miss Havisham's man of business and solicitor, and has her confidence when nobody else has? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Exit the solicitor. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was forced upon me,' said Mortimer, 'because it was understood that we wanted a solicitor in the family. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Even Sir Percival's solicitor has lost all hope, and has ordered the useless search after the fugitives to be finally given up. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Not personally, Esther, said Miss Donny; merely through his solicitors, Messrs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If that happens, you will find all papers necessary to establish your legitimacy with my London solicitors. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- But Mrs., or Lady Crawley, as she styled herself, came to town at once (attended with her solicitors, Messrs. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typed by Freddie