attorney-at-law
Americannoun
noun
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a lawyer qualified to represent in court a party to a legal action
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obsolete a solicitor
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of attorney-at-law
First recorded in 1530–40
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This is probably the end of Jimmy McGill, attorney-at-law, and with it goes his whole life.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2016
Over eight seasons with the Chicago White Sox and three in Oakland, La Russa has grown increasingly sensitive to the nagging charge of being an attorney-at-law.
From Time Magazine Archive
Elphege Daignault is an attorney-at-law with offices in the Longley Building, Woonsocket.
From Time Magazine Archive
Four hours later Sara Maria Martinez was released from custody into the care of a man claiming to be Gerald Anderson, attorney-at-law.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
Almost at the same time as I, Manuel, the attorney-at-law for the Commune, arrived.
From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Sue, Eug?ne
“As independent mediators and attorneys-at-law we are of course bound to confidentiality obligations regarding our ombudscases,” she wrote in an email.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
Each state in America has its own bar, consisting of all attorneys-at-law residing within it who have been admitted to practice in its courts.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
Mr. Story, in his work upon "Agency," and Mr. Bouvier, in his "Institutes," in treating of the different kinds of agents, both speak first of attorneys-at-law.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
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