Attorney

Definition: Attorney

Attorney

Noun

1. A professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "attorney" was first used: sometime around 1303. (references)

Etymology: Attorney \At*tor"ney\, noun; plural Attorneys. [Old English aturneye, Old French atorn['e], past participle of atorner: compare to Late Latin atturnatus, attornatus, from attornare. See Attorn.]. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Law

Occupations

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

Synonym: Attorney

Commission

Put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name, nominate, return, ordain; install, induct, inaugurate, swear in, invest, crown; enroll, enlist; give power of attorney to.

Noun: commission, delegation; consignment, assignment; procuration; deputation, legation, mission, embassy; agency, agentship; power of attorney; clerkship; surrogacy.

Consignee

Functionary, placeman, curator; treasurer; factor, bailiff, clerk, secretary, attorney, advocate, solicitor, proctor, broker, underwriter, commission agent, auctioneer, one's man of business; factotum; (director); caretaker; dalal, dubash, garnishee, gomashta.

Lawyer

Noun: lawyer, attorney, legal counsel; counsel, counsellor, counsellor at law, attorney at law; jurist, legist, civilian, pundit, publicist, juris consult, legal adviser, advocate; barrister, barrister at law; King's or Queen's counsel; K.C.; Q.C.; silk gown, leader, sergeant-at-law, bencher; tubman, judge.

Legality

Lawyer, attorney, legal counsel.

Crosswords: Attorney

Well, he's a tax attorney. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

Two of them were killers that never made it past the age of 35. The other is a non-practicing attorney, living within the pain of his past, too afraid to let go, finding reassurance instead of confronting its horror (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson)

It's open, come in. My attorney will be in touch with you about the damage to the door (Superman; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster)

I'm not saying nothing until I speak to my attorney! (ALF; writing credit: Alberto Fischerman; Rodolfo Rabanal)

Marshall found the name and phone number of Big Guy's attorney in Bootsie's address book (Filthy Rich; writing credit: Barry E. Blitzer; Linda Bloodworth-Thomason)

The judge's wife called up the district attorney (Brown Eyed Handsome Man; performing artist: Chuck Berry)

New York: You Have The Right To Remain Silent, You Have The Right To An Attorney … (references; author: unknown)

Mr. District Attorney (1954)

Attorney for the Defense (1932)

State's Attorney (1932)

The Strange Case of District Attorney M (1930)

Attorney at Law Harvey Birdman (2001)

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

Books

• Amicus Attorney in One Hour for Lawyers (reference)

• Attorney for the Damned: Clarence Darrow in the Courtroom (reference)

• Florida Power of Attorney Handbook: With Forms (Florida Power of Attorney) (reference)

• Foundations for Success: Strengthening Your Agency Attorney Office (reference)

• Somebody's Child: Stories from the Private Files of an Adoption Attorney (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

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

• Attorney : Cpa (reference)

• Digest Of Opinions Of The Attorney General (reference)

• Mealeys Attorney Fees (reference)

• Music Attorney Legal & Business Affairs Registry (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Power of Attorney (reference)

• States Attorney (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

High Tech

• Home and Business Attorney (reference)

• Smart Attorney Deluxe (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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

The county attorney who is able to get rail road passes for his friends. Credit: Library of Congress.

When Al Capone's attorney finished his address to the jury. Credit: Library of Congress.

The prosecuting attorney. Credit: Library of Congress.

Counterfeiting plant seized by Secret Service at Monaca, Penn. U.S. District Attorney Charles F. Uhl viewing contraband. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Draft Board Number 5 which takes care of Lititz cases along with neighboring towns. Left to right: back to camera, John L. Bowman, attorney; George C. Ballman (secretary), hat manufacturer; Harold Shirker, full tim. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Bunkichi Hayashi, project attorney, Manzanar Relocation Center / photograph by Ansel Adams. 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.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

In each of these cases, the defendant, while in police custody, was questioned by police officers, detectives, or a prosecuting attorney in a room in which he was cut off from the outside world. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Emma guessed him to be the drudge of some attorney, and too stupid to rise

The prosecuting attorney replied to the counsel for the defence

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

You also can consult your State Attorney General's Office or State Office on Aging. (references)

If you have a durable power of attorney for health care, give a copy to the person you've chosen to act on your behalf. (references)

Another form of advance directive is called a durable power of attorney for health care decisions or a health care proxy. (references)

Business

The CNDH and the Attorney General's office were also conducting investigations. (references)

In the first 9 months of the year, the Attorney General's office organized 19 training course, including 1 for prosecutors. (references)

This includes lace of business, accounting periods, organizational documents and a power of attorney granted to the branch manager. (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)

Mexico

In April 2000, the Mexico City attorney general's office and the Mexico City Human Rights Commission reported that nearly 12,000 children in Mexico City were exploited sexually, including through prostitution. (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

Mexico

The crime remained unsolved, and was being investigated by the Chihuahua State Attorney General's office at year's end. (references)

Seychelles

The Supreme Court dismissed the charge; however, the Attorney General's office sought a court order to obtain a copy of the letter. (references)

South Africa

The candidate attorney was refused admission in 1997 as an attorney on the grounds of convictions for possession and use of cannabis, which is illegal. (references)

Economic History

Maldives

There also is an attorney general. (references)

Eritrea

Hiring an agent may obviate the need for a local attorney. (references)

Portugal

Using an attorney is not mandatory to do business in Portugal. (references)

Human Rights

Czech Republic

Attorney and family visits are permitted. (references)

Pakistan

Cases start over when an attorney changes. (references)

Ethiopia

Woldesemayat's attorney appealed the conviction. (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

Namibia

Women served as Ombudswoman and as the Government Attorney. (references)

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)

Trade

Nigeria

The Power of Attorney should be designed to lapse and the appointed solicitor ceases to function upon the conclusion of all registration formalities. (references)

Nigeria

The foreign investor may incorporate a Nigerian branch or subsidiary by giving a Power of Attorney to a qualified solicitor in Nigeria for this purpose. (references)

Philippines

Appeal will be deliberated on "by a permanent board of three to be created by the Commissioner of Customs." Board will be chaired by an attorney from the Appellate Division, Legal Service, and includes two valuation experts from the import and assessment service. (references)

Travel

West Bank

Most major Palestinian businesspeople speak English well, although when negotiating contractual terms it is advisable to use a good translator, who might be a local attorney assisting with the deal. (references)

Women

Pakistan

Other groups concentrate on providing legal aid to poor women in prison who may not be able to afford an attorney. (references)

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)

Worker Rights

Marshall Islands

The Immigration Ministry, Attorney General's Office, the police, and religious communities all work on the problem. (references)

Dominican Republic

This organization works with the Attorney General's office, the Public Health Ministry, Migration, and other agencies. (references)

Marshall Islands

The domestic worker's case was awaiting review by the Attorney General's Office at year's end; he continued to work in the country. (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.

Expressions using "attorney": associate attorney ♦ attorney at law ♦ attorney at low ♦ attorney general ♦ attorney General of the United States ♦ by attorney ♦ crown attorney ♦ defense attorney ♦ District attorney ♦ give power of attorney to ♦ Letter of attorney ♦ of attorney ♦ power of attorney ♦ prosecuting attorney ♦ right to an attorney ♦ state attorney ♦ states attorney ♦ state's attorney ♦ trial attorney ♦ warrant of attorney. Additional references.

Beginning with "attorney": Attorney-at-law, attorney-client, attorney-client privilege, attorney-client relation, Attorney-general, Attorney-generally.

Ending with "attorney": client-attorney.

Albanian

përfaqësues ligjor, noter (notary, Scrivener). (various references)

Arabic 

‏محام (lawyer), ‏وكالة رسمية, ‏تفويض شرعي, ‏المحامي (advocate, counsellor, jurist), ‏الوكيل (fiduciary, proxy, representative). (various references)

Bulgarian 

адвокат (advocate, counsel, jurist, lawyer, legal adviser, pleader, serjeant, vakeel), пълномощник (agent, assignee, commissary, deputy, employer, factor, mandatary, mandatory, procurator, proxy, vicegerent), поверен (charged, confided, entrusted, entrusting, fiduciary). (various references)

Chinese 

律师 (Attorneys, Barrister, Lawyer). (various references)

Czech

advokát (barrister, counsel, counsellor, counselor, lawyer, solicitor), právní zástupce (advocate, counsel, legal adviser, Proctor). (various references)

Danish

retlig repræsentant (holder of power, legal representative), lovlig repræsentant (holder of power, legal representative), befuldmægtiget (empowered person, holder of power, legal representative, person empowered). (various references)

Dutch

wettelijke vertegenwoordiger (holder of power, legal representative). (various references)

Farsi 

مدعی (Actor, Adversary, Claimant, Complainant, Plaintiff, Suitor), نمایندگی (Agency, Deputation, Legation, Representation, Solicitorship), وکیل مدافع (Advocate, Counselor), وکیل (Agent, Deputy, Lieutenant, Proxy), وکالت (Advocacy, Agency, Bar, Deputation, Proctorship, Proxy). (various references)

Finnish

asianajaja (barrister, lawyer, solicitor), asiamies (agent, proxy, representative), valtuutettu (authorized, authorized agent, delegate, empowered, proxy), laillinen edustaja (holder of power, legal representative), edusmies (proxy, representative). (various references)

French

mandataire. (various references)

German

Bevollmächtigter (assignee, attorney in fact, authorizer, commissioner, plenipotentiary), Anwalt (advocate, attorney at law, barrister, champion, counsel, intercessor, lawyer, procurator, solicitor). (various references)

Greek 

συνήγορος (advocate), νόμιμος εκπρόσωπος (holder of power, legal representative), πληρεξούσιοσ (deputy, plenipotentiary, procurator, proxy), δικηγόροσ (counsel, counsellor, counselor, lawyer, solicitor). (various references)

Hebrew 

פרקליט (advocate, barrister, counsel, judge advocate, lawyer, solicitor), עורך �"ין (advocate, barrister, counsellor, lawyer, solicitor), בא כח (agent, delegate, proxy, representative, spokesman). (various references)

Hungarian

ügyvéd (advocate, barrister, counsel, counsellor-at-law, counselor, counselor-at-law, intercessor, lawyer, leader, legal practitioner, pleader, shark, solicitor). (various references)

Indonesian

pokrol (lawyer), pengacara (lawyer). (various references)

Italian

rappresentante legale (solicitor), procuratore (procurator, procurer, prosecuting attorney), procura (power of attorney, proxy). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

代言人 , 代言 (advocacy, pleading by proxy, speaking for another), 代理者 (agent, alternate, deputy, proxy, representative, substitute), 代理人 (agent, alternate, deputy, proxy, representative, substitute), 代理 (acting, agency, agent, alternate, deputy, proxy, representation, substitute). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

� いりしゃ (agent, alternate, deputy, proxy, representative, substitute), � いりに�" (agent, alternate, deputy, proxy, representative, substitute), � いり (acting, agency, agent, alternate, deputy, imperial palace, proxy, representation, substitute), � い�'�"に�", � い�'�" (advocacy, epigraph, pleading by proxy, prefatory words, speaking for another). (various references)

Korean 

검사 (Attorneys, checking, Examination, inspection, lookup, SCAN). (various references)

Manx

ynnydagh (delegate, deputy, local, representative), turneyr (solicitor, writer), leighder (advocate, barrister, council, lawyer, legal practitioner). (various references)

Norwegian

advokat (advocate, barrister, counsel, intercessor, lawyer, solicitor). (various references)

Pig Latin

attorneyay.(various references)

Portuguese

advogado (advocate, barrister, bencher, counsel, counsellor, counselor, intercessor, lawyer, patron, pleader, solicitor, templar), representante legal (procurator), procurador (agent, assignee, deputy, proctor, procurator, proxy, solicitor). (various references)

Romanian

avocat (advocate, barrister, barristers, champion, counsel, counsellor at-law, lawyer, legal adviser, pleader, solicitor, supporter), reprezentant (agent, ambassador, assignee, deputy, envoy, exponent, official, rep, representative, shop steward, spokesman), procuror (coroner, prosecuting attorney, prosecutor, public prosecutor), jurist (jurisconsult, jurist, law-writer, lawyer, legal adviser), împuternicit (commissary, commissioner, mandatory, proxy, representative). (various references)

Russian 

адвокат адвокатский, адвокат (advocate, attorney at law, attorney-at-law, atty, atty attorney, barrister, councel, counsel, counsel for the defense, intercessor, jurist, lawyer, man of law, pleader, procurator, solicitor, vakeel, vakil), поверенный (atty attorney, confidant, man of business, procurator). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

advokatski, advokat (advocate, barrister, lawyer), punomoćnik (commissioner), pravobranilac (pleader), pravnik (gownsman, jurist, lawyer), pravni zastupnik (solicitor). (various references)

Spanish

apoderado (agent, assignee, attorney in fact, procurator, proxy, representative), abogado (advocate, barrister, counsel, counsellor, intercessor, lawyer, sergeant-at-law, Serjeant-at-law, solicitor), procurador (assignees, empowered, Proctor, procurator, solicitor), mandatario (leader, mandatary). (various references)

Swedish

advokat (advocate, barrister, counsel, counsellor, counselor, counselor-at-law, intercessor, lawyer, legal adviser, pleader, solicitor). (various references)

Thai

ทนาย. (various references)

Turkish

avukat (advocate, attorney at low, barrister, counsel, counsellor-at-law, counselor, counselor-at-law, intercessor, lawyer, mouthpiece, pleader, solicitor, writer to the signet), vekil (administrator, alternate, assignee, commissary, commissioner, delegate, deputy, lieutenant, locum, locum tenens, minister, nominee, proxy, representative, stand in, substitute, supply, surrogate, vicar, vice, vice gerent), dava vekili (barrister, Barrister-at-law, counsel, counsellor-at-law, counselor-at-law, general practitioner, legal practitioner, pleader, Proctor, prog). (various references)

Ukrainian

юрист (jurisconsult, jurist, lawyer), адвокат (advocate, barrister, counsellor, counselor, counsels, jurist, procurator), прокурор (procurator), повірений (mandatory, procurator, proxy, solicitor). (various references)

Welsh

twrnai (barrister, lawyer), cyfreithiwr (barrister, lawyer). (various references)

aturne. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "attorney": attorneys, attorneyship, attorneyships. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Attorney" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atony, atorner, atorney, atorny, atrone, Attearne, atterney, attoiney, attonery, attornay, attorned, attornies, attorny, attouney, attourney, attroney, atturney, castronery, Fattorini, Gathorne, torney, Torsney. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: aroynt, atoner, attorn, natter, notary, notate, ornate, ratten, ratton, rotate, rotten, tetany, torten, treaty, tyrant, yatter.

-3 letters: antre, atone, atony, entry, natty, netty, noter, oaten, oater, onery, orate, ottar, otter, ratty, rayon, rotte, tanto, tarot, tarty, tater, teary, tenor, tenty, tetra, toner, toney, torte, toter, toyer, treat, trona, trone, yearn, yenta.

-4 letters: aeon.

+1 letter: attorneys.

+2 letters: stationery, tolerantly.

+3 letters: actinometry, antipoverty, contrariety, countryseat, enteropathy, extenuatory, fortunately, negotiatory, petitionary, retinopathy, tryptophane, ventilatory.

+4 letters: attorneyship, countryseats, exorbitantly, extortionary, intolerantly, magnetometry, stonyhearted, tetragonally, torrentially, tryptophanes.

+5 letters: anthropometry, attorneyships, confraternity, constellatory, contrastively, exterminatory, geostationary, importunately, interrogatory, investigatory, noncreativity, northeasterly, phytoplankter, protuberantly, remonstrantly, tetradynamous, unforgettably, unfortunately.