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lawyeror attorneyPerson trained and licensed to prepare, manage, and either prosecute or defend a court action as an agent for another and who also gives advice on legal matters that may or may not require court action. Legal practice varies from country to country. In Britain, for example, lawyers are divided into barristers and solicitors. In the U.S. attorneys often specialize in limited areas of the law (e.g., criminal law, divorce, or probate). In France the most important type of legal professional is the avocat, roughly comparable to the English barrister. In Germany the chief distinction is between lawyers and notaries. lawyer 1. a member of the legal profession, esp a solicitor 2. a popular name for burbot (a fish) 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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What Cavanaugh com plains of is the consequence not of bad jurors but of bad lawyering. The accounting, auditing and lawyering clearly have gone too far. A state prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against prison officials, alleging that they validated him as prison gang affiliate in retaliation for his jail house lawyering activities and his filing of prison grievances. |
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