Meaning of attorney in English
(Definition of attorney from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
attorney | American Dictionary
attorney | Business English
US
a lawyer:
Mr Temple is the attorney representing the plaintiffs.
a defense/prosecuting attorney
Examples of attorney
attorney
The plaintiff (most probably at the suggestion of her attorney) changed strategy and decided to employ a procedural argument rather than substantive one.
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We encourage families to obtain durable power of attorney for health care for their demented relatives and avoid the cost and procedures of guardianship.
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In this instance, the cemetery's attorneys almost welcomed defeat as a way to end their ' ' untenable legal position.
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Their voices show that attorneys were not always able to steer witnesses along by putting words in their mouths or by asking leading questions.
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Surely opportunities to be physicians or attorneys should be confined to those who have the requisite talents.
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Having established credibility, he then moves to challenge or contradict what the attorneys have said.
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In the autumn of 1764 he seemed likely to return to office, either as attorney general or master of the rolls.
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Less than 2.5 per cent of all inventories were for professional people (attorneys, apothecaries, barbers, schoolteachers, surgeons and clerks).
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If the issue is borderline, then the competing efforts of attorneys will tend to reveal the issue's borderline status.
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Some assistant district attorneys went as far as putting pressure on men to go through with a marriage.
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In the late seventeenth century, it was quite probably through word of mouth and the brokerage of local attorneys.
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As a consequence of these various pressures attorneys tended to remain aloof from politics and interested primarily in their own professional advancement.
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For instance, following the injury the man completed college, then law school, and at the time of the study was a practicing attorney.
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To a certain extent, the journal created an imagined professional community composed of the growing socio-professional class that included judges, public prosecutors, attorneys and clerks.
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In the face of these developments, defense attorneys were learning to stay away from fingerprint examiners.
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弁護士, 弁護士（べんごし）…
avukat…
avocat/-ate [masculine-feminine], mandataire, avocat…
advocat, -ada…
gevolmachtigde, advocaat…
ஒரு [எக்ஸ்: வழக்கறிஞர்]…
वकील…
વકીલ…
fuldmægtig, advokat, sagfører…
[juridiskt] ombud, advokat…
pendakwaraya, peguam…
der/die Bevollmächtigte(r), der (Rechts-, bzw. auch Staats-) Anwalt / die Anwältin…
advokat [masculine], fullmektig, advokat…
اٹارنی, وکیل…
адвокат, юрист…
адвокат…
న్యాయవాది…
مُحام…
আইনজীবী…
zmocněnec, advokát…
pengacara, ahli hukum…
ทนายความ, นักกฎหมาย, นิติกร…
người được uỷ quyền, luật sư…
prawnik, pełnomocnik…
변호사…
avvocato, mandatario…
