attorney

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
2. One such who practised in the courts of the common law.
3. A solicitor.
4. An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf.
5. An honorific given to lawyers and notaries public, or those holders by profession who also do other jobs. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Atty.
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7. A prosecutor

Verb

1. To work as a legal attorney.
2. To provide with a legal attorney.

Concepts

avocat

défenseur

procureur

juriste

avoué

avocate

homme de loi

mandataire

remplaçant

représentation

suppléant

accusateur public

robin

avocat conseil

conseiller

conseiller juridique

conseiller légal

déliberation

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/əˈtɜː(ɹ)ni/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English attourne, from Old French atorné, past participle of atorner, atourner, aturner (“to attorn”), in the sense of "one appointed or constituted".

Phrases

The government head of its legal wing is the Attorney General of India .

Le chef du gouvernement de son aile juridique est le procureur général de l'Inde.

He served as the attorney for the City and Township of Berwyn .

Il a été avocat de la ville et du canton de Berwyn.