Attorney General

Definition: Attorney General

Attorney General

Noun

1. The chief law officer of a country or state.

2. The person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department; "Edmund Randolph was the first Attorney General, appointed by President Washington".

3. The position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States; "the post of Attorney General was created in 1789".

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Law

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Synonym: Attorney General

Crosswords: Attorney General

! You guys are about to write a story that says the former Attorney General, the highest-ranking law enforcement officer in this country, is a crook! (All the President's Men; writing credit: Carl Bernstein; Bob Woodward)

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Books

• Advising Ike: The Memoirs of Attorney General Herbert Brownell (reference)

• Attorney General (America's Leaders Series.) (reference)

• Justice: The Memoirs of Attorney General Richard Kleindienst (reference)

• The Politics of Justice: The Attorney General and the Making of Legal Policy (American Political Institutions and Public Policy) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Annual Employment Opportunites In The Offices Of The United States Attorney And Attorney General (reference)

• Digest Of Opinions Of The Attorney General (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

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To succeed Col. Donovan?--Capitol hears that Judge Thacher will be next Assistant Attorney General / Underwood & Underwood, New York. Credit: Library of Congress.

Attorney General presents son to Coolidge. Credit: Library of Congress.

Senator Sam J. Ervin, clenching fist at Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (top right) and Assistant Attorney General Burke Marshall (top left) during Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on civil rights legislation. Credit: Library of Congress.

Democratic Digest. Attorney General Tom Clark looking at Declaration of Independence I. Credit: Library of Congress.

Former Attorney General Harlan F. Stone photographed in his robes in the office of the Supreme Court of the United States today. Credit: Library of Congress.

Attorney General Harlan F. Stone and Congressman Clarence J. McLeod of Mich. at the office of the Attorney General; half-length portraits, seated, facing each other. Credit: Library of Congress.

No war talk! Attorney General Gregory says, "Obey the law, keep your mouth shut!". Credit: Library of Congress.

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Business

President Zedillo immediately ordered his Attorney General to conduct a thorough investigation. (references)

Children

Palau

While there have been a few instances of child abuse, cases have been prosecuted successfully by the Office of the Attorney General. (references)

Argentina

The National Council for Childhood, Adolescence, and the Family has developed an Action Plan, together with the Attorney General, the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, the National Council of Women, and UNICEF, on the elimination of child prostitution. (references)

Civil Liberties

Guinea-Bissau

On September 11, Attorney General Caetano Intchama entered Radio Pidjiquiti offices and demanded cassettes from an earlier broadcast reporting on President Yala. (references)

Economic History

Maldives

There also is an attorney general. (references)

Cayman Islands

The chief secretary, financial secretary, and attorney general are appointed by the governor. (references)

Burma

In short, the Chief Justice and the Attorney General usually comply with the "unlawful" decrees of SPDC. (references)

Human Rights

Qatar

Suspects usually are presented to the Attorney General within 24 hours of arrest. (references)

Eritrea

The office of the Attorney General decides which cases are to be tried by a special court. (references)

Palau

Warrants for arrests are prepared by the Office of the Attorney General and signed by a judge. (references)

Minorities

Zimbabwe

In 1999 Faber Chidarikire, a ZANU-PF official and mayor of the northern town of Chinhoyi, was charged with murdering a 13-year-old girl in 1987, but he was released on bail after intervention by the Attorney General. (references)

Political Economy

Kenya

Attorney General and Assembly Speaker are ex-officio, non-voting members. (references)

Honduras

The most recent Attorney General was elected by Congress in 1999 to a five-year term. (references)

Political Rights

Peru

There is 1 woman in the 16-member cabinet, the Attorney General is a woman, and there is 1 woman on the Supreme Court. (references)

Antigua and Barbuda

In May the Prime Minister appointed a woman to be Attorney General; 8 of the 14 permanent secretaries (the top civil servant positions in ministries) are women. (references)

Samoa

On August 16, the Attorney General ordered the High Court to consider no further challenges and thereby prevented as many as 40 additional challenges from being filed. (references)

Women

El Salvador

However, the Criminal Code permits the Attorney General to prosecute in the case of a rape with or without a complaint from the victim. (references)

Mexico

The CNDH therefore recommended that the state attorney general and the mayor of Ciudad Juarez be investigated for negligence; however, no action was taken. (references)

Kenya

The Task Force on Laws Relating to Women, established by the Attorney General in 1993, has produced a draft report; however, it was not published by year's end. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "attorney general": attorney General of the United States. Additional references.

Albanian

prokuror i përgjithshëm, ministër i drejtësisë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏مستشار قضائي, ‏النائب العام (procurator, prosecutor, public prosecutor, solicitor general). (various references)

Bulgarian 

министър на правосъдието. (various references)

Czech

generální prokurátor. (various references)

Finnish

oikeuskansleri. (various references)

French

procureur général. (various references)

German

leitender Staatsanwalt (chief public prosecutor), geschäftsleitender Staatsanwalt (chief public prosecutor), Generalstaatsanwalt (chief public prosecutor, Procurator General), Generalprokuratorin (chief public prosecutor), Generalprokurator (chief public prosecutor), Erster Staatsanwalt (chief public prosecutor). (various references)

Greek 

γενικόσ εισαγγελέασ, υπουργόσ τησ δικαιοσύνησ. (various references)

Hebrew 

יועץ משפטי לממשל�". (various references)

Hungarian

fõállamügyész. (various references)

Italian

procuratore pubblico generale (chief public prosecutor), procuratore generale (chief public prosecutor), ministro della giustizia. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

検事総長 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

け�"じそうちょう. (various references)

Manx

Yn Turneyr Theayagh (The Attorney General). (various references)

Pig Latin

attorneyay eneralgay

Portuguese

procurador-geral. (various references)

Romanian

ministru de justiţie. (various references)

Russian 

генеральный прокурор. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

državni tužilac. (various references)

Spanish

síndico general, ministro de justicia, fiscal del tribunal supremo. (various references)

Swedish

statsåklagare (state attorney), kronjurist (solicitor general), justitieminister. (various references)

Turkish

adalet bakanı (law officer), başsavcı (director of public prosecutions, law officer, lord advocate, public prosecutor). (various references)

RM:procuratur general. (various references)

Misspellings

"Attorney General" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: attorneygeneral. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-5 letters: alternator, arrogantly, tetragonal.