Definition of attorney Attorney

/ʌtɚˈni/ - [uternee] - at•tor•ney

We found 10 definitions of attorney from 6 different sources.

What does attorney mean?

Noun
attorney - a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
		lawyer
		professional person, professional a person engaged in one of the learned professions
		attorney-client relation, lawyer-client relation the responsibility of a lawyer to act in the best interests of the client
		jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
		counselor-at-law, pleader, advocate, counsel, counsellor, counselor a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
		ambulance chaser an unethical lawyer who incites accident victims to sue
		barrister a British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution
		conveyancer a lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties
		defense attorney, defense lawyer the lawyer representing the defendant
		divorce lawyer a lawyer specializing in actions for divorce or annulment
		prosecuting attorney, prosecuting officer, prosecutor, public prosecutor a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
		public defender a lawyer who represents indigent defendants at public expense
		referee (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play
		solicitor a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents
		trial attorney, trial lawyer a lawyer who specializes in defending clients before a court of law

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attorney (Noun)
A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
attorney (Noun)
An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf.

attorney (n.)
A substitute; a proxy; an agent.
attorney (n.)
One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact.
attorney (n.)
A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law.
attorney (v. t.)
To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy.

attorney
A professional person who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.

attorney
at-tur′ni, n. one legally authorised to act for another—hence the sense of the phrases 'in person' and 'by attorney:' one legally qualified to manage cases in a court of law: a solicitor—a solicitor or attorney prepares cases and does general law business, while a barrister pleads before the courts: (pl.) Attor′neys.—v.t. Attor′ney (Shak.), to perform by proxy, to employ as a proxy.—ns. Attor′ney-gen′eral, the first ministerial law-officer of the Crown in England and Ireland: the title of the king's attorney in the duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, and the county palatine of Durham: in the United States, one of the seven officials who constitute the president's cabinet, the head of the department of Justice; Attor′neyship, Attor′neyism, Attor′neydom.—Attorney-at-law, or Public attorney, a professional and duly qualified legal agent; Attorney in fact, or Private attorney, one duly appointed by letter or power of attorney to act for another in matters of contract, money payments, and the like.—Letter warrant, or Power of attorney, the formal instrument by one person authorising another to perform certain acts for him. [O. Fr. atorne—Low L. attornatus—atornāre, to commit business to another. See Turn.]