Definitions for attorney
əˈtɜr niat·tor·ney

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. lawyer, attorneynoun

   a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. attorneynoun

   In the United States, a lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.

   Etymology: atornee, feminine past participle of atorner (to prepare, to ready), compare attorn

2. attorneynoun

   An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf.

   Usage note: In this sense, the word is now used to refer to nonlawyers usually only in fixed phrases such as attorney-in-fact or power of attorney.

   Etymology: atornee, feminine past participle of atorner (to prepare, to ready), compare attorn

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Attorneynoun

   a substitute; a proxy; an agent

   Etymology: [OE. aturneye, OF. atorn, p. p. of atorner: cf. LL. atturnatus, attornatus, fr. attornare. See Attorn.]

2. Attorneynoun

   one who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact

   Etymology: [OE. aturneye, OF. atorn, p. p. of atorner: cf. LL. atturnatus, attornatus, fr. attornare. See Attorn.]

3. Attorneynoun

   a legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law

   Etymology: [OE. aturneye, OF. atorn, p. p. of atorner: cf. LL. atturnatus, attornatus, fr. attornare. See Attorn.]

4. Attorneyverb

   to perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy

   Etymology: [OE. aturneye, OF. atorn, p. p. of atorner: cf. LL. atturnatus, attornatus, fr. attornare. See Attorn.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Attorney

   at-tur′ni, n. one legally authorised to act for another—hence the sense of the phrases 'in person' and 'by attorney:' one legally qualified to manage cases in a court of law: a solicitor—a solicitor or attorney prepares cases and does general law business, while a barrister pleads before the courts: (pl.) Attor′neys.—v.t. Attor′ney (Shak.), to perform by proxy, to employ as a proxy.—ns. Attor′ney-gen′eral, the first ministerial law-officer of the Crown in England and Ireland: the title of the king's attorney in the duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, and the county palatine of Durham: in the United States, one of the seven officials who constitute the president's cabinet, the head of the department of Justice; Attor′neyship, Attor′neyism, Attor′neydom.—Attorney-at-law, or Public attorney, a professional and duly qualified legal agent; Attorney in fact, or Private attorney, one duly appointed by letter or power of attorney to act for another in matters of contract, money payments, and the like.—Letter warrant, or Power of attorney, the formal instrument by one person authorising another to perform certain acts for him. [O. Fr. atorne—Low L. attornatus—atornāre, to commit business to another. See Turn.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. attorney

   See SEA-ATTORNEY.

Matched Categories

1. • Law
   • Professional

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of attorney in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of attorney in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of attorney in a Sentence

1. Justice Charles Kreger:

   Attorney Jeremy Dys would rather censor the messages of these cheerleaders than abide by the Constitution and I find that egregious.

2. Kendall Coffey:

   I would hope that as a community we are learning to ask more questions about meteoric financial rises, yet I'm uncertain if anything has really changed (after Rothstein)," said Kendall Coffey, a former U.S. attorney who represented Rothstein's law firm after the Ponzi scheme was uncovered.

3. Michael Flynn:

   He doesnt have anything to prove from a professional or career standpoint, hes been at the apex of the legal profession for a long time. And so, in that respect, hes unlike any other attorney general. Hes already ascended to that pinnacle once before.

4. President Donald Trump:

   I do make Attorney General William Barr job harder, i do agree with that. I think that's true.

5. Joe Savage:

   The charges brought today by the U.S. Attorney's office are false, for more than 30 years in the pharmaceutical industry, Carl Reichel worked hard and did the right thing, and these baseless claims can't change that.

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