| attorneyship | | |
| n. (act) | 1. attorneyship | the position of attorney. |
| ~ berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spot | a job in an organization.; "he occupied a post in the treasury" |
| lawyer | | |
| n. (person) | 1. attorney, lawyer | a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ counsel, counselor-at-law, pleader, advocate, counsellor, counselor | a lawyer who pleads cases in court. |
| ~ ambulance chaser | an unethical lawyer who incites accident victims to sue. |
| ~ barrister | a British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution. |
| ~ conveyancer | a lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties. |
| ~ defense attorney, defense lawyer | the lawyer representing the defendant. |
| ~ divorce lawyer | a lawyer specializing in actions for divorce or annulment. |
| ~ professional, professional person | a person engaged in one of the learned professions. |
| ~ prosecuting attorney, prosecuting officer, prosecutor, public prosecutor | a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state. |
| ~ public defender | a lawyer who represents indigent defendants at public expense. |
| ~ referee | an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case. |
| ~ solicitor | a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents. |
| ~ trial attorney, trial lawyer | a lawyer who specializes in defending clients before a court of law. |
| ~ abul-walid mohammed ibn-ahmad ibn-mohammed ibn-roshd, averroes, ibn-roshd | Arabian philosopher born in Spain; wrote detailed commentaries on Aristotle that were admired by the Schoolmen (1126-1198). |
| ~ boy orator of the platte, bryan, great commoner, william jennings bryan | United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925). |
| ~ clarence darrow, clarence seward darrow, darrow | United States lawyer famous for his defense of lost causes (1857-1938). |
| ~ arthur garfield hays, hays | United States lawyer involved in several famous court trials (1881-1954). |
| ~ hays, will hays, william harrison hays | United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United States films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954). |
| ~ j. edgar hoover, john edgar hoover, hoover | United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972). |
| ~ francis scott key, key | United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843). |
| ~ abraham lincoln, lincoln, president abraham lincoln, president lincoln | 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865). |
| ~ attorney-client relation, lawyer-client relation | the responsibility of a lawyer to act in the best interests of the client. |
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