avocat

Noun

Meaning

An advocate.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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After the 1971 and 1990 legal reforms, the avocat was fused with the avoué and the conseil juridique, making the avocat (or, if female, avocate) an all-purpose lawyer for matters of contentious jurisdiction, analogous to an American attorney. Source: Internet

French attorneys usually do not (although it they are entitled to) act both as litigators (trial lawyers) and legal consultants (advising lawyers), known respectively as avocat plaidant and avocat-conseil. Source: Internet

The profession of solicitor, or avoué, never took hold in colonial Quebec, so attorneys Here the term attorney may be preferable as an avocat is very much like an American attorney in that he/she may be both a trial and case lawyer. Source: Internet

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