law agent

British  

noun

1. (in Scotland) a solicitor holding a certificate from the Law Society of Scotland and thereby entitled to appear for a client in any Sheriff Court

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Example Sentences

Logan had a ‘doer,’ or law agent, a country writer, or notary, named Sprot, who dwelt at Eyemouth, a hungry creature, who did not even own a horse. 

From James VI and the Gowrie Mystery by Lang, Andrew

At the age of seventeen she was married to Mr. James M'Lehose, a law agent in Glasgow.

From The Letters of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

Matters of business with his law agent had called him to the capital, where he expected to be detained for a day or two.

From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Lever, Charles James

You must write to Carden, the law agent, and stop any proceedings Hemsworth may have begun against these people.

From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Lever, Charles James

A person entitled to seize property had to do it himself, accompanied, if the amount was large, by a law agent and witnesses.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various