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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

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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

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 Robert Burns

"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 William Carleton

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

Mr. Cassidy had been a student in Mr. Bidwell's law-office and was now his law agent.

From The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada by J. George (John George) Hodgins

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