
1) Agent 2) Canvasser 3) Fundraiser 4) Petitioner
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1) Canvasser 2) French word used in English 3) Legal profession 4) Petitioner 5) Public law officer 6) Sales agent 7) Suppliant 8) Supplicant
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- a petitioner who seeks contributions or trade
- a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents
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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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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 States and Canada attorneys are referred to inter...
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A solicitor is a legal practitioner who traditionally deals with any legal matter in court in some jurisdictions. A person must have legally-defined qualifications, which vary from one jurisdiction to another, to be described as a solicitor and enabled to practice there as such. For example, in England and Wales a solicitor is admitted to practise...
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• (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 a court of chancery or equity. See the Note under ...
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A lawyer who is a member of the Law Society of Scotland.
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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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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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(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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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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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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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 professional designation of a person admitted to practice ...
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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 have a special authority, although a general auth.....
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In the United Kingdom, an attorney who may provide all legal services except representing a client in court. Only a specially trained attorney, called a barrister, makes court appearances. The United States does not make this distinction among attorneys.
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A lawyer who advises clients on all legal matters and may represent them in court See barrister.
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[
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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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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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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noun a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents
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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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