1) Municipally employed lawyer 2) Pleader for the poor 3) Type of Lawyer
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n. an elected or appointed public official (usually of a county), who is an attorney regularly assigned by the courts to defend people accused of crimes who cannot afford a private attorney. In larger counties the public defender has a large case load, numerous deputy public defenders and office staff. In each federal judicial district there is als...
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In the United States and Brazil, a public defender is a lawyer appointed to represent people who cannot afford to hire an attorney. It is also a literal translation of the Spanish-language term abogado de oficio, which usually refers to an ombudsman office, and is the English-language title of the Jamaican ombudsman. Brazil is the only country whe...
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[Brazil] Public defender offices in Brazil had its origin in the State of Rio de Janeiro, where on May 5, 1897, a decree established free legal assistance in the Federal District (then the city of Rio de Janeiro). With its constitutional mission of ensuring the constitutional principles of access to justice and equality between the persons,...
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A court-appointed attorney for those defendants who are declared indigent.
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attorney permanently employed by a government to represent indigent persons accused of crimes. Public defenders, used primarily in the United ...
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They are the lawyers or attorney who have been appointed by the government to counsel or represent the criminal defendants who are unable to meet the legal expenses of the private assistance. These attornies work for non profir organisation which are manged by the government.
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A lawyer who works for a state or local agency representing clients accused of a crime who cannot afford to pay.
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A lawyer appointed by the court and paid by the county, state, or federal government to represent clients who are charged with violations of criminal law and are unable to pay for their own defense.
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Government lawyer who provides legal services for an individual accused of a crime, who cannot afford to pay.
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n] - a lawyer who represents indigent defendants at public expense
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noun a lawyer who represents indigent defendants at public expense
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a lawyer appointed or elected by a city or county as a full-time, official defender to represent indigents in criminal cases at public expense. Cf.
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