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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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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To maximize its efforts in the shortest amount of time, the committee, working with state CPA societies, will enlist the assistance of the profession's grassroots to help gain support for this approach among governors and attorney generals. Providing the reader with an extensive and comprehensive analysis media intervention and influence, Catalyst draws from interviews with over 130 people, including state premiers, attorney generals, Supreme Court judges, journalists, academics, social workers, and even convicted criminals. ``In that sense I bring a unique candidacy to the office of attorney general, because most attorney generals want to go on to some other office,'' Brown said. |
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