Look up: solicitor

1. solicitor
   [n] - a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes 2. [n] - a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents
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2. Solicitor
   a lawyer who advises people and gives them help with the law - can also represent you if you are taken to a police station or are on trial in court
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3. solicitor
   In the UK, a member of one of the two branches of the English legal profession, the other being a barrister. A solicitor is a lawyer who provides all-round legal services (making wills, winding up...
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4. Solicitor
   Member of the legal profession chiefly concerned with advising clients and preparing their cases and representing them in some Courts. May also act as advocates before certain Courts or tribunals
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5. Solicitor
   Someone who has been 'admitted to the rolls', i.e. is qualified as a solicitor. In order to practice, a solicitor must hold a practicing certificate issued annually by the Law Society.
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6. Solicitor
   So·lic'it·or noun [ French solliciteur , Latin sollicitator .] 1. One who solicits. 2. (Law) (a) An attorney or advocate; one who represents another in court; -- formerly, in English practice, the professi...
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7. solicitor
   noun a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents
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8. Solicitor
   • (n.) The law officer of a city, town, department, or government; as, the city solicitor; the solicitor of the treasury. • (n.) An attorney or advocate; one who represents another in court; -- formerly, in English practice, the professional designation of a person admitted to practice in ...
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9. solicitor
   solicitor 1. A term for a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents. 2. A petitioner who solicits contributions, or trade, or votes. 3. The chief officer for legal matters in a city, town, or county, or in a government department.
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10. solicitor
    
    • a petitioner who seeks contributions or trade
    • a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents
    
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11. solicitor
    solicitor, in English law, person duly admitted to practice before the supreme court of judicature. He is the agent of the person whose suit he handles, and is distinguished from a barrister, who argues cases before the judge (see attorney). The solicitor serves as an intermediary agent between the ...
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12. Solicitor
    A person whose business is to be employed in the care and management of suits depending in courts of chancery. A solicitor, like an attorney, will be required to act with perfect good faith towards his clients. He must conform to the authority given him. It is said that to institute a suit he must h...
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13. Solicitor
    (n) Solicitor is the law professional rendering all legal services but has not qualified for appearing before a court. In British legal system only a barrister who got special training can appear before the court.
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14. solicitor
    n. an English attorney who may perform all legal services except appear in court. Under the British system, the litigator or trial attorney takes special training in trial work and is called a "barrister." Occasionally a solicitor becomes a barrister, which is called "taking the silk." In the United...
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15. solicitor
    In the UK, a member of one of the two branches of the English legal profession, the other being a barrister. A solicitor is a lawyer who provides all-round legal services (making wills, winding up estates, conveyancing, divorce, and litigation). A solicitor cannot appear at High Court level, but must brief a barrister on behalf of his or her cl...
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16. solicitor
    lawyer who handled wills and estate problems and hired barristers to represent their clients in Chancery Court. Mr. Tulkinghorn was solicitor for the Dedlocks in Bleak House. Mr. Wickfield is solicitor for David's aunt, Betsy Trotwood, in David Copperfield.
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17. Solicitor
    A solicitor is a lawyer who provides clients with expert legal advice and assistance and prepares legal documents. He or she might work in a law firm or in central or local government, or an in-house legal department, for example, a bank or corporation.
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18. Solicitor
    `Solicitors` are lawyers who traditionally deal with any legal matter including conducting proceedings in courts. In the United Kingdom, a few Australian states and the Republic of Ireland, the legal profession is split between solicitors and barristers (or, in Scotland, advocates), and a lawyer wil...
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