solicitor general

noun, plural solicitors general.

a law officer who maintains the rights of the state in suits affecting the public interest, next in rank to the attorney general.

the chief legal officer in some states.

(initial capital letters) the law officer of the U.S. government next below the Attorney General, having charge of appeals, as to the Supreme Court.

Origin of solicitor general

First recorded in 1525–35

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Examples from the Web for solicitor general

The clerk of the Solicitor-General was of course beyond suspicion.
Lady Anna|Anthony Trollope
Of those who held this opinion, the rector of Yoxham was the strongest, and the most envenomed against the Solicitor-General.
Lady Anna|Anthony Trollope
The former had been solicitor-general, and was a man of mark and ability in the profession.
Benjamin Franklin|John Torrey Morse, Jr.
This also was the view taken by Yorke, Solicitor-General in 1757.
The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore|John R. Hutchinson

The Solicitor-General went away, to some other business, and much of the interest seemed to drop.
Lady Anna|Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for solicitor general

Solicitor General

noun plural Solicitors General

(in Britain) the law officer of the Crown ranking next to the Attorney General (in Scotland to the Lord Advocate) and acting as his assistant

(in New Zealand) the government's chief lawyer: head of the Crown Law Office and prosecutor for the Crown

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