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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law agent

The house, at the time Mr. Sinclair writes, was occupied by Mr. Thomas Coltheart, a law agent.

From Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter by Elliott O'Donnell

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

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 Andrew Lang

His father, John Wordsworth, was law agent to Sir James Lowther, who afterwards became Earl of Lonsdale.

From A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 by John Miller Dow Meiklejohn

And as he did so he discovered a letter in the hand of Mr. Sedley, his law agent.

From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Charles James Lever

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