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attorney

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1. attorney - Noun

2. attorney - Verb

Meaning

A substitute; a proxy; an agent.

One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact.

A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law.

To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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You get a lawyer whether you're in a military tribunal or whether you're in a federal court, number one. The attorney general decided that the court with the biggest - with the greatest venue, with the best jurisdiction was the New York court. That was the right decision to make. Joe Biden

The attorney general would call at 5 o'clock in the evening and say: 'Tomorrow morning we are going to try to integrate the University of Mississippi. Get us a memo on what we're likely to do, and what we can do if the governor sends the National Guard there.' Harold H. Greene

I was attorney general; my name is Meese. I say, go to college. Don't carry a piece. Edwin Meese

If the events of September 11, 2001, have proven anything, it's that the terrorists can attack us, but they can't take away what makes us American - our freedom, our liberty, our civil rights. No, only Attorney General John Ashcroft can do that. Jon Stewart

Moviegoers like to believe that those they have made stars are great actors. People used to say that Gary Cooper was a fine actor - probably because when they looked in his face they were ready to give him their power of attorney. Pauline Kael

A client twixt his attorney and counselor is like a goose twixt two foxes. Chinese Proverb

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