What does attorney mean?
Definitions for attorney
əˈtɜr niat·tor·ney
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word attorney.
Princeton's WordNet
lawyer, attorney(noun)
a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
Wiktionary
attorney(Noun)
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
attorney(Noun)
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
Attorney(noun)
a substitute; a proxy; an agent
Etymology: [OE. aturneye, OF. atorn, p. p. of atorner: cf. LL. atturnatus, attornatus, fr. attornare. See Attorn.]
Attorney(noun)
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.]
Attorney(noun)
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.]
Attorney(verb)
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
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
attorney
See SEA-ATTORNEY.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of attorney in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of attorney in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of attorney in a Sentence
San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office spokesman Christopher Lee confirmed to Fox 11 the following: A member of our office was involved in an incident that is currently under investigation. Lee declined to comment further. A law enforcement source told the local news station that the woman was about to give closing arguments in a gang murder trial and may have been targeted by gang members and that she's been followed before. I heard things coming out of her mouth like, 'Was I raped?,' 'I was unconscious. I don't know how long,' 'Are they here?,' 'Are they coming?' Still a little scatterbrained, Cary said. We turned around and saw a woman who could barely walk covered head-to-toe in blood.
The attorney general of the United States of America was not telling the truth to the Congress of the United States. That's a crime.
I want justice served, manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance's raped, molested all these women and nothing's been done and that makes me furious.
He is not here for the victim, he clearly lied to the people of Los Angeles because he ran on one thing that he knew would attract the attention of the public, which is this false rhetoric against law enforcement. It wasn't until he becamedistrict attorney that he took off the sheep's clothing and we saw the wolf.
I think he has done a good job, in fact, you can't find -- I don't believe you can find an attorney general that doesn't think very highly of Scott Pruitt and the job he did as the attorney general for Oklahoma.
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- مُحامٍ, مُحامي, محامArabic
- advocatCatalan, Valencian
- advokátCzech
- RechtsanwaltGerman
- δικηγόροςGreek
- abogado, notario, abogadaSpanish
- asianajaja, asiamies, oikeudenkäyntiasiamiesFinnish
- avocate, juriste, avocatFrench
- פרקליטה, פרקליט, עורך דין, עורכת דיןHebrew
- प्रतिनिधिHindi
- ügyészHungarian
- իրավաբան, փաստաբան, հավատարմատարArmenian
- kuasa hukumIndonesian
- fulltrúi, lögfræðingur, umboðsmaðurIcelandic
- avvocatoItalian
- 弁護士Japanese
- 변호인, 변호사Korean
- advocaatDutch
- advogado, advogadaPortuguese
- поверенный, юри́стка, пове́ренный, юри́ст, представи́тель, адвока́т, представи́тельницаRussian
- advokatSwedish
- న్యాయవాదిTelugu
- อัยการThai
- وکیلUrdu
- 律師Chinese
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