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attorney generalChief law-enforcement officer of a state and legal adviser to the chief executive. The office dates to the Middle Ages but did not assume its modern form until the 16th century. In the U.S., the position dates to the Judiciary Act of 1789. Head of the Department of Justice and a member of the cabinet, the attorney general oversees all the government's law business and acts as the president's legal adviser. Every U.S. state also has an attorney general. attorney general 1. a country's chief law officer and senior legal adviser to its government 2. (in the US) the chief law officer and legal adviser of a state government 3. (in some states of the US) a public prosecutor |
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