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attorneys
(encz) | attorneys,advokáti n: |
Attorneys
(gcide) | Attorney \At*tor"ney\, n.; pl. Attorneys. [OE. aturneye, OF.
atorn['e], p. p. of atorner: cf. LL. atturnatus, attornatus,
fr. attornare. See Attorn.]
1. A substitute; a proxy; an agent. [Obs.]
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And will have no attorney but myself. --Shak.
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2. (Law)
(a) One who is legally appointed by another to transact
any business for him; an attorney in fact.
(b) A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and
defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law.
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Note: An attorney is either public or private. A private
attorney, or an attorney in fact, is a person appointed
by another, by a letter or power of attorney, to
transact any business for him out of court; but in a
more extended sense, this class includes any agent
employed in any business, or to do any act in pais, for
another. A public attorney, or attorney at law, is a
practitioner in a court of law, legally qualified to
prosecute and defend actions in such court, on the
retainer of clients. --Bouvier. -- The attorney at law
answers to the procurator of the civilians, to the
solicitor in chancery, and to the proctor in the
ecclesiastical and admiralty courts, and all of these
are comprehended under the more general term lawyer. In
Great Britain and in some states of the United States,
attorneys are distinguished from counselors in that the
business of the former is to carry on the practical and
formal parts of the suit. In many states of the United
States however, no such distinction exists. In England,
since 1873, attorneys at law are by statute called
solicitors.
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A power, letter, or warrant, of attorney, a written
authority from one person empowering another to transact
business for him.
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attorneys
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Attorneyship
(gcide) | Attorneyship \At*tor"ney*ship\, n.
The office or profession of an attorney; agency for another.
--Shak.
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attorneyship
(wn) | attorneyship
n 1: the position of attorney |
DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
(bouvier) | DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. The Act of Congress of March 3, 1815, 2 Story L.
U. S. 1530, authorizes and directs the district attorneys of the United
States to appoint by warrant, an attorney as their substitute or deputy in
all cases when necessary to sue or prosecute for the United States, in any
of the state or county courts, by that act invested with certain
jurisdiction, within the sphere of whose jurisdiction the said district
attorneys do not themselves reside or practice; and the said substitute or
deputy shall be sworn or affirmed to the faithful execution of his duty.
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DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OF THE UNITED STATES
(bouvier) | DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OF THE UNITED STATES. There shall be appointed, in each
judicial district, a meet person, learned in the law, to act as attorney of
the United States in such district, who shall be sworn or affirmed to the
faithful execution of his office. Act of September 24, 1789, s. 35, 1
Story's Laws, 67.
2. His duty is to prosecute, in such district, all delinquents, for
crimes and offences cognizable under the authority of the United States, and
all civil actions in which the United States shall be concerned, except in
the supreme court, in the district in which that court shall be holden. Ib.
3. Their salaries vary in different districts. Vide Gordon's Dig. art.
403. By the Act of March 3, 1815, 2 Story's L. U. S. 1530, district
attorneys are authorized to appoint deputies, in certain cases, to sue in
the state courts. See Deputy District Attorney.
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