"attorney" | Definition and Related Words

attorney

Noun

A professional person authorized to practice law;
Conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice (synset 110269647)
referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority

is a type of: professional, professional person - a person engaged in one of the learned professions
subtypes:
- advocate, counsel, counsellor, counselor, counselor-at-law, pleader - a lawyer who pleads cases in court
- ambulance chaser - an unethical lawyer who incites accident victims to sue
- barrister - a British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution
- conveyancer - a lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties
- defense attorney, defense lawyer - the lawyer representing the defendant
- divorce lawyer - a lawyer specializing in actions for divorce or annulment
- prosecuting attorney, prosecuting officer, prosecutor, public prosecutor - a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
- public defender - a lawyer who represents indigent defendants at public expense
- referee - an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case
- solicitor - a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents
- trial attorney, trial lawyer - a lawyer who specializes in defending clients before a court of law
specific instances:
- abul-walid mohammed ibn-ahmad ibn-mohammed ibn-roshd, averroes, ibn-roshd - Arabian philosopher born in Spain; wrote detailed commentaries on Aristotle that were admired by the Schoolmen (1126-1198)
- boy orator of the platte, bryan, great commoner, william jennings bryan - United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925)
- clarence darrow, clarence seward darrow, darrow - United States lawyer famous for his defense of lost causes (1857-1938)
- arthur garfield hays, hays - United States lawyer involved in several famous court trials (1881-1954)
- hays, will hays, william harrison hays - United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United States films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954)
- hoover, j. edgar hoover, john edgar hoover - United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)
- francis scott key, key - United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)
- abraham lincoln, lincoln, president abraham lincoln, president lincoln - 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
belongs to: attorney-client relation, lawyer-client relation - the responsibility of a lawyer to act in the best interests of the client

same as: lawyer

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