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law agent

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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A law agent was talking at length against an opinion which Sheriff Balfour had already indicated.

From Law and Laughter by Morton, George A. (George Alexander)

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

After an interval of ten days more, the creditor entered with his law agent, two witnesses and four horses, went farther in upon the land, repeated his demand, and if refused withdrew.

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

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

"That, to be sure, is very satisfactory—and, pray, if I may take the liberty, who is his law agent, or has he one?"

From Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William

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