law agent

noun

(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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Historical Examples of law agent

Now, the letter addressed to the squire was from his law-agent, and concerned an approaching election in the county.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17)
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I withdrew, and hastening to his law-agent, Kennyfeck, I at once arranged for the purchase of this small property.
Roland Cashel
Charles James Lever
In 1741, when the catechist left the island, she made him bearer of letters to her law-agent, Hope of Rankeillor.
Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland
Daniel Turner Holmes
A law-agent is provided for his assistance, and he is told that anything he says by way of declaration may be used against him.
The Criminal & the Community
James Devon
The course of study for Brehon and Ollamh, advocate and law-agent respectively, is carefully laid down in the law itself.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4
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