A professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice.
synoniem: attorney.
Roget 963:
legality;
legitimacy,
legitimateness.
legislature;
law,
code,
corpus juris [Lat.],
constitution,
pandect†,
charter,
enactment,
statute,
rule;
canon
etc.
(precept)
697;
ordinance,
institution,
regulation;
bylaw,
byelaw;
decree
etc.
(order)
741;
ordonnance†;
standing order;
plebiscite
etc.
(choice)
609.
legal process;
form,
formula,
formality;
rite,
arm of the law;
habeas corpus;
fieri facias [Lat.].
[Science of law]
jurisprudence,
nomology†;
legislation,
codification.
equity,
common law;
lex [Lat.],
lex nonscripta [Lat.];
law of nations,
droit des gens [Fr.],
international law,
jus gentium [Lat.];
jus civile [Lat.];
civil law,
canon law,
crown law,
criminal law,
statute law,
ecclesiastical law,
administrative law;
lex mercatoria [Lat.].
constitutionalism,
constitutionality;
justice
etc.
922.
[institution for deciding questions of law]
court,
tribunal
etc.
966.
[person who presides at a court or tribunal]
judge
etc.
967.
[specialist in questions of law]
lawyer,
attorney,
legal counsel
etc.
968.
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Roget 968:
lawyer,
attorney,
legal counsel;
counsel,
counsellor,
counsellor at law,
attorney at law;
jurist,
legist†,
civilian,
pundit,
publicist,
juris consult [Lat.],
legal adviser,
advocate;
barrister,
barrister at law;
King's or Queen's counsel;
K. C.;
Q. C.;
silk gown,
leader,
sergeant-at-law,
bencher;
tubman†,
judge
etc.
967.
bar,
legal profession,
bar association,
association of trial lawyers;
officer of the court;
gentleman of the long robe;
junior bar,
outer bar,
inner bar;
equity draftsman,
conveyancer,
pleader,
special pleader.
solicitor,
proctor;
notary,
notary public;
scrivener,
cursitor†;
writer,
writer to the signet;
S. S.C.;
limb of the law;
pettifogger;
vakil†.
legal beagle [Coll.].
[persons accessory to lawyers]
legal secretary;
legal assistant;
law student.
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Nederlands: jurist, advocaat, advocate, pleiter, raadsman, verdediger, voorspraak
Pools: prawnik