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Attorney General
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Attorney GeneralAn attorney general is a person having the position of chief law officer of a country.
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Attorney
A graduate of an accredited law school and member in good standing of the Bar Association. Only attorneys can give legal advice.
General
1) A principal officer, particularly in the army. 2) Something opposed to special; as, a general verdict, the general issue, which expressions are used in contradistinction to special verdict, special issue. 3) Principal, as the general post office. 4) Not select, as a general ship. 5) Not particular, as a general custom. 5) Not limited, as general jurisdiction. 7) This word is sometimes annexed or prefixed to other words to express or limit the extent of their signification; as Attorney General, Solicitor General, the General Assembly.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Chief
Principal. One who is put above the rest.
Country
By country is meant the state of which one is a member.
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Attorn or attornment
To consent, implicitly or explicitly, to a transfer of a right. Often used to describe a situation where a tenant, by staying on location after the sale of the leased property, accepts to be a tenant of the new landlord; or where a person consents to ("attorns to") the jurisdiction of a court which would not have otherwise had any authority over that person.
Attorney
A graduate of an accredited law school and member in good standing of the Bar Association. Only attorneys can give legal advice.
Attorney at law
A graduate of an accredited law school and member in good standing of the Bar Association. Only attorneys can give legal advice.
Attorney legal services
The services an attorney can provide to his or her clients, including both legal defense and attack.
Attorney of record
The principal attorney in a lawsuit, who signs all formal documents relating to the suit.
Attorney's certificate
Practice, English law. Attorneys are required to deliver to the commissioners of stamp duties, a paper or note-in writing, containing the name and usual place of residence of such person, and thereupon, on paying certain duties, such person is entitled to a certificate attesting the payment of such duties, which must be renewed yearly.
Attorney-at-law
A graduate of an accredited law school and member in good standing of the Bar Association. Only attorneys can give legal advice.
Attorney-in-fact
Authorizing another in writing to act in his/her place to do some act, but not one requiring legal representation.
Attorneys fees clause
A provision in a contract allocating each party's obligation to pay legal bills in the event of legal action taken against each other or by a third party.
Attornment
Estates. Was the agreement of the tenant to the grant of the seignory, or of a rent, or the agreement of the donee in tail, or tenant for life, or years, to a grant of a reversion or of a remainder made to another.
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Adoption law
The area of legal studies and law which deals with adoption.
Attorney
A graduate of an accredited law school and member in good standing of the Bar Association. Only attorneys can give legal advice.
Attorney at law
A graduate of an accredited law school and member in good standing of the Bar Association. Only attorneys can give legal advice.
Attorney-at-law
A graduate of an accredited law school and member in good standing of the Bar Association. Only attorneys can give legal advice.
Attorney legal services
The services an attorney can provide to his or her clients, including both legal defense and attack.
Attorney General
Appeal attorney
Lawyers filing an appeal over a case that was lost in a prior court of law.
Adjuster
The person assigned by an insurance company to determine its obligations under a policy when a claim is made or filed.
Allen E Kaye, P.C.
New York law firm.
Arenstein, Robert
New York law firm.
Anderson & Kriger
California law firm.
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Attorney
A graduate of an accredited law school and member in good standing of the Bar Association. Only attorneys can give legal advice.
General
1) A principal officer, particularly in the army. 2) Something opposed to special; as, a general verdict, the general issue, which expressions are used in contradistinction to special verdict, special issue. 3) Principal, as the general post office. 4) Not select, as a general ship. 5) Not particular, as a general custom. 5) Not limited, as general jurisdiction. 7) This word is sometimes annexed or prefixed to other words to express or limit the extent of their signification; as Attorney General, Solicitor General, the General Assembly.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Chief
Principal. One who is put above the rest.
Country
By country is meant the state of which one is a member.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Attorn or attornment
To consent, implicitly or explicitly, to a transfer of a right. Often used to describe a situation where a tenant, by staying on location after the sale of the leased property, accepts to be a tenant of the new landlord; or where a person consents to ("attorns to") the jurisdiction of a court which would not have otherwise had any authority over that person.
Attorney
A graduate of an accredited law school and member in good standing of the Bar Association. Only attorneys can give legal advice.
Attorney at law
A graduate of an accredited law school and member in good standing of the Bar Association. Only attorneys can give legal advice.
Attorney legal services
The services an attorney can provide to his or her clients, including both legal defense and attack.
Attorney of record
The principal attorney in a lawsuit, who signs all formal documents relating to the suit.
Attorney's certificate
Practice, English law. Attorneys are required to deliver to the commissioners of stamp duties, a paper or note-in writing, containing the name and usual place of residence of such person, and thereupon, on paying certain duties, such person is entitled to a certificate attesting the payment of such duties, which must be renewed yearly.
Attorney-at-law
A graduate of an accredited law school and member in good standing of the Bar Association. Only attorneys can give legal advice.
Attorney-in-fact
Authorizing another in writing to act in his/her place to do some act, but not one requiring legal representation.
Attorneys fees clause
A provision in a contract allocating each party's obligation to pay legal bills in the event of legal action taken against each other or by a third party.
Attornment
Estates. Was the agreement of the tenant to the grant of the seignory, or of a rent, or the agreement of the donee in tail, or tenant for life, or years, to a grant of a reversion or of a remainder made to another.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Adoption law
The area of legal studies and law which deals with adoption.
Attorney
A graduate of an accredited law school and member in good standing of the Bar Association. Only attorneys can give legal advice.
Attorney at law
A graduate of an accredited law school and member in good standing of the Bar Association. Only attorneys can give legal advice.
Attorney-at-law
A graduate of an accredited law school and member in good standing of the Bar Association. Only attorneys can give legal advice.
Attorney legal services
The services an attorney can provide to his or her clients, including both legal defense and attack.
Attorney General
Appeal attorney
Lawyers filing an appeal over a case that was lost in a prior court of law.
Adjuster
The person assigned by an insurance company to determine its obligations under a policy when a claim is made or filed.
Allen E Kaye, P.C.
New York law firm.
Arenstein, Robert
New York law firm.
Anderson & Kriger
California law firm.
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