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Definition: Lawyer |
LawyerNoun1. 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 "lawyer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Satire | LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
19th Century Satire | One who defends your estate against an enemy, in order to appropriate it to himself. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Bible | Lawyer among the Jews, was one versed in the laws of Moses, which he expounded in the schools and synagogues (Matt. 22:35; Luke 10:25). The functions of the "lawyer" and "scribe" were identical. (See DOCTOR.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | For a young woman to dream that she is connected in any way with a lawyer, foretells that she will unwittingly commit indiscretions, which will subject her to unfavorable and mortifying criticism. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Occupations | Conducts criminal and civil lawsuits, draws up legal documents, advises clients as to legal rights, and practices other phases of law: Gathers evidence in divorce, civil, criminal, and other cases to formulate defense or to initiate legal action. Conducts research, interviews clients and witnesses, and handles other details in preparation for trial. Prepares legal briefs, develops strategy, arguments, and testimony in preparation for presentation of case. Files brief with court clerk. Represents client in court and before quasi-judicial or administrative agencies of government. Interprets laws, rulings, and regulations for individuals and businesses. May confer with colleagues with specialty in area of lawsuit to establish and verify basis for legal proceedings. May act as trustee, guardian, or executor. May draft wills, trusts, transfer of assets, gifts, and other documents. May advise corporate clients concerning transactions of business involving internal affairs, stockholders, directors, officers, and corporate relations with general public. May supervise and coordinate activities of subordinate legal personnel. May prepare business contracts, pay taxes, settle labor disputes, and administer other legal matters. May teach college courses in law. May specialize in specific phase of law. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A lawyer or attorney at law is an individual licensed by the state to advise clients in legal matters and represent them in courts of law and other legal agencies. Most countries today require professional law advisors in their juridical systems. Lawyers have many names in different countries -- including "advocate," "attorney," "barrister," "counselor," "civil law notary", and "solicitor" -- and many of these names indicate specific classes or ranks of jurists.
Increasingly, in the United States in particular, lawyers have taken over functions that used to be (and in some countries, still are) performed by other professionals, such as the civil law notary or even by non-professionals.
Colloquially, in the United States, lawyers are called attorneys. In fact, almost anyone can be an attorney; strictly speaking, an attorney is similar to an agent, a person who has been formally empowered by someone else (a "principal") to act on behalf of the principal. Lawyers are "attorneys at law," authorised to plead cases on behalf of their clients.
Lawyers in the U.S.
The United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (1) estimates that in 2001, there were 490,000 practicing lawyers in the U.S.It is frequently said that there are more lawyers per capita in the US than in any other country in the world. This statistic is misleading because it is difficult to compare numbers of law professionals between different legal systems because the roles of these professionals vary and some of the work that is done in the United States by a lawyer is performed by several different types of professionals in other countries.
Bar admission
In order for a person to be admitted to the bar for the first time, all U.S. jurisdictions require that the applicant take and pass a bar examination, usually consisting of the following:In addition, all but a handful of jurisdictions require that the applicant have earned a law degree from an A.B.A-accredited law school.
- complicated essay questions concerning that jurisdiction's law;
- the Multistate Bar Examination, a standardized, nationwide examination containing generalized questions about common law; and
- some sort of test demonstrating the applicant's knowledge of the ethical rules governing lawyers, often the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination.
Some jurisdictions permit the admission of an applicant who is already admitted to the bar of another state. This sort of admission may or may not be dependent on whether the jurisdiction to which the applicant is already admitted offers reciprocity to other jurisdictions, i.e., whether the jurisdiction itself allows attorneys in without admission. Some states zealously pride themselves on the exclusivity of their admissions process and therefore do not offer reciprocity of any kind.
Other jurisdictions allow admission to presently-practicing lawyers upon the successful completion of a limited examination on procedure and/or ethics.
U.S. Federal District Courts (Federal trial courts) condition their admissions policies on those of the state in which they are located. Generally speaking, a Federal District Court will admit an lawyer to practice provided that he or she is already admitted to practice in that state. Thus, for example, a lawyer admitted in California may automatically be admitted to the bar of a Federal court in California, but could likely not automatically gain admission to a Federal court in neighboring Oregon.
Other U.S. Federal courts, such as the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, or the U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals have open admissions policies, allowing bar admission to attorneys licensed anywhere in the country.
Legal Education
The degree awarded by U.S. law schools to graduates is the degree of Juris Doctor (occasionally mis-Anglicized to Juris Doctorate). However, the name of the degree is misleading; it is not technically a doctoral degree as it is the educational equivalent of a master's degree since it is awarded after three (or four, depending on whether the student takes part-time classes) years of study and without the requirement of a thesis or dissertation and defense thereof.Graduate law degrees may also be obtained. A Master of Laws, or LL.M., is awarded after completion of a specialized program of study -- often in esoteric subjects such as taxation or trial advocacy.
The ultimate law degree obtainable is the S.J.D., or Scientum Juris Doctor, literally "doctor of juridical science". This should not be confused with the "doctor of laws" degree, or LL.D., which is usually awarded for honorary purposes.
What constitutes the practice of law?
A person who has a Juris Doctor but is not admitted to any bar is not a lawyer. However, federal courts often allow law students to act as "certified student attorneys" after the satisfactory completion of their first year of law school and the completion of particular second- and third-year courses such as Evidence. Otherwise, engaging in the kind of work customarily done by lawyers, without a valid, current license to do so, is the "unauthorized practice of law." In some jurisdictions, the definition of the practice of law is quite strict; persons have been successfully prosecuted for publishing do-it-yourself will forms and for representing special-education children in federal proceedings as specifically allowed by federal law.For instance, in some states, real estate closings may only be performed by lawyers, even though the lawyer's role in a closing imostly involves notarization of documents and disbursement of settlement funds through an escrow account.
Paradoxically, some jurisdictions will allow a non-lawyer to sit as a judge, usually in lower courts or in hearings by governmental agencies, even though a non-lawyer may not practice before these same courts.
Lawyers in the U.K. and common law countries
In Great Britain, Australia, and several other common law countries, there are generally two kinds of lawyers - solicitors and barristers. Solicitors may practice before lower courts, but their main (and traditionally only) work is outsides the courts, in such areas as legal advice, property conveyancing, wills and estates.Barristers may practice before lower, superior and high courts. Traditionally (and still for major cases) both a solicitor (for advice) and a barrister (for representation) were required for legal representation before the courts.
Certain common law jurisdictions - for example, Malaysia, Singapore, Sweden, Canada, and certain states in Australia have a fused legal profession, whereby lawyers practice as both barristers and solicitors.
See also
- Power of attorney
- Cross-examination
- list of jurists
External links
Disambiguation: There is also a Lawyer (fish)Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lawyer."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A lawyer is a fresh-water fish (Pisces, Teleostei) related to the cods, with a species name of Lota lota. It is also known as the burbot, ling, and eel-pout; and is most common in streams and lakes of North America and Europe above 40°N latitude.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lawyer (fish)."
Synonym: LawyerSynonym: attorney (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
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. |
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Screenplays | Please tell me that their lawyer hasn't pinned their hopes on a phone bill (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) Uh, he's a lawyer. He's our lawyer (The Sweet Hereafter; writing credit: Atom Egoyan) I better have my lawyer look these over (Sweet Home Alabama; writing credit: C. Jay Cox) I'm a lawyer, what we think isn't supposed to matter (Double Jeopardy; writing credit: David Weisberg; Douglas Cook) Don't mess with me, man, I'm a lawyer! (Hook; writing credit: J.M. Barrie;) | |
Lyrics | Between a doctor and a lawyer man (Brown Eyed Handsome Man; performing artist: Chuck Berry) Gotta good lawyer I'm gonna squeeze (Young'n; performing artist: Fabolous) Whatcha goin’ get your lawyer for (Son Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You); performing artist: Janet Jackson) | |
Clever | Lawyer (n): Larval stage of politician. (references; author: unknown) Having your lawyer pay for lunch will be very expensive in the end. (references; author: unknown) A jury consists of twelve people chosen to decide who has the best lawyer. (references; author: unknown) The patient was to have a bowel resection. However, he took a job as a stock broker instead. (He was a lawyer before.) (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Lawyer (1970) Criminal Lawyer (1951) See My Lawyer (1945) Society Lawyer (1939) Main Street Lawyer (1939) | |
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 | Law office shingle - Either lawyer humor or an avid fisherman. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | This three-story brick mansion was one of many great Georgian mansions built in Annapolis, the capital of Maryland, during the eighteenth century. Begun in 1769 for Samuel Chase, a young lawyer and future signer of the Declaration of Independence, the mansion passed unfinished two years later into the hands of the wealthy plantation owner Edward Lloyd IV. Lloyd hired the renowned English architect and master builder William Buckland to complete the mansion. The elaborate carved details, including the windows, cornices, and doorways, are by Buckland. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Front (east) portico. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, November 1959. (Reproduction Number: HABS, VT, 14-WOOD,1-4) Job Lyman, a young lawyer from Northampton, Massachusetts, finished this house in the village of Woodstock in 1810. He and his bride, Mary Hall, lived in it for many years while Job practiced law in town. The finely carved Neoclassical detailing on the entrance porch suggests Lyman's refined taste and the prosperity of Woodstock at the time of construction. Decorated with fluted Ionic columns and scrolled ornament, the porch also features steps made of granite from a nearby quarry. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | No woman believes she really needs a lawyer. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The man for the place Sam Diogenes seeks an untainted lawyer for the job of Supreme Court judge / / Ehrhart. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Pogo]. As Albert's lawyer, I gotta question all the jury members .. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Defending lawyer and judge of Scopes trial. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Taylor, Myron C. (1936), lawyer, banker, diplomat] / Pirie MacDonald, photographer-of-men, New York. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Coast Guard Auxiliary. Guardians of inland waters. The Marblehead unit of the Coast Guard Auxiliary includes among its members Bill Welch, a Boston lawyer, junior commander of the flotilla. He contributes twelve hours a week to patrol duty, during which t. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Chicken house and cattle barn, made of straw and wire, on William Helmke farm near Dickens, Iowa. The ninety acres and the crop share lease owned by a lawyer. All the buildings are of his own construction. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Arthur Schopenhauer | The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity. |
Benjamin Franklin | God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man. |
Charles Lamb | He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides. |
George Herbert | Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer. |
Herbert Spencer | A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. |
John Keats | I think we may class the lawyer in the natural history of monsters. |
Lord Henry P. Brougham | A lawyer is a gentlemen that rescues your estate from your enemies and then keeps it to himself. |
Mario Puzo | A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns. |
Rufus Choate | No lawyer can afford to be ignorant of the Bible. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | It has converted the physician, the lawyer, the priest, the poet, the man of science, into its paid wage labourers. (reference) |
Miranda v. Arizona | 1966 | In the absence of other effective measures, the following procedures to safeguard the Fifth Amendment privilege must be observed: the person in custody must, prior to interrogation, be clearly informed that he has the right to remain silent, and that anything he says will be used against him in court; he must be clearly informed that he has the right to consult with a lawyer and to have the lawyer with him during interrogation, and that, if he is indigent, a lawyer will be appointed to represent him. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The obscurity was such that he felt no fear in addressing the first lawyer whom he met. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | For example, if my neighbor has a mind to my cow, he hires a lawyer to prove that he ought to have my cow from me. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | If you need help to prepare an advance directive or if you would like more information about them, contact your doctor or lawyer. (references) | |
Business | The expanded rights to a lawyer provided for in the amendments to the Criminal Procedure Law are designed to improve this situation. (references) | |
The registration process cannot be done by fax or letter, but in person or through a local representative, not necessarily a lawyer. (references) | ||
For all advertising activities in Germany, it is advisable to carefully revise the existing data protection and other advertisement laws by consulting with a lawyer. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Yemen | Amer's lawyer appealed the case. (references) |
Grenada | The Chief Justice appoints an accredited lawyer to preside over such a tribunal. (references) | |
Hong Kong | The general practice is to refer refugee and asylum claimants to a lawyer or to the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). (references) | |
Economic History | France | Avocats: An "avocat" must be a lawyer. (references) |
El Salvador | A. Find a legal representative or a lawyer. (references) | |
Costa Rica | Engaging a qualified lawyer is strongly advised. (references) | |
Human Rights | Chile | On occasion, the court may appoint a lawyer. (references) |
Laos | Access to family or a lawyer is not assured. (references) | |
Tuvalu | An independent people's lawyer is required by statute. (references) | |
Minorities | Hungary | There is 1 Roma lawyer out of a total of 11 lawyers in the Ombudsman's office. (references) |
Yugoslavia | The victim was a lawyer who represented opposition members under the Milosevic government. (references) | |
Political Economy | Italy | There were reports that police denied some detainees arrested after antiglobalization protests access to a lawyer. (references) |
Trade | France | The "legal consultant" category of lawyer no longer exists in France. (references) |
Norway | This may be a friend, a company, a lawyer, an individual, or one of the many private patent offices. (references) | |
Travel | Honduras | If already in Honduras, he/she may apply for it with the assistance of a lawyer to the Ministry of Government and Justice. (references) |
Women | Yemen | However, the expense of hiring a lawyer is a significant deterrent, as is the necessity for rural women to travel to a city to present their case. (references) |
Nicaragua | Each commissariat is located adjacent to a police station and is staffed by six police officers, two social workers, one psychologist, and one lawyer. (references) | |
Lithuania | The Law on Equal Opportunities entered into effect in 1999. The Office of the Ombudsman for Equal Opportunities of Women and Men was established in May 2000, and the Parliament appointed lawyer Ausrine Burneikiene as ombudsman. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Mexico | A union leader and a lawyer, subjects of arrest warrants in 2000, were not taken into custody and the case is effectively closed. (references) |
China | The most prominent set of cases has been brought by a lawyer based in Shenzhen Province, Zhou Litai, on behalf of workers injured on the job. (references) | |
China | The list of labor activists reported as still being held also included Zhang Shanguang, Li Jiaqing, labor lawyer Xu Jian, Miao Jinhong, Ni Xiafei, Li Keyou, Liao Shihua, Yue Tianxiang, Guo Xinmin, He Zhaohui, and Liu Jingsheng. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | LIAR, n. A lawyer with a roving commission. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dominick Dunne | Well, I mean shocked with delight, I have to tell you, because I mean, you know, I always think that the defendant who gets the million dollar lawyer is going to beat the local, overworked, underpaid prosecutor, but it didn't work out that way this time. |
Jay McGraw | You know I do, I think that law school is kind of the responsible choice. You know once you're a lawyer, you're always a lawyer, and so I thought now would be a good time, and it is useful stuff. I mean the things I've learned there I use even this week. |
Rush Limbaugh | Millionaire trial lawyer turned Senator John Edwards, who became one of the ten richest members of the United States Senate off the misery of his fellow men, has riveted the media's attention for two days now. |
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Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Two of our Founding Fathers, a Boston lawyer named Adams and a Virginia planter named Jefferson, members of that remarkable group who met in Independence Hall and dared to think they could start the world over again, left us an important lesson. |
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| "Lawyer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Lawyer" is used about 2,201 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2,201 | 3,988 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "lawyer" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Lawyer | Last name | 2,000 | 6,309 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "lawyer". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Hukkok | N/A | Biblical | Lawyer |
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Expressions using "lawyer": able lawyer ♦ budding lawyer ♦ bush lawyer ♦ business lawyer ♦ Case lawyer ♦ Common lawyer ♦ company lawyer ♦ consult a lawyer ♦ criminal lawyer ♦ criminal trial lawyer ♦ Crown lawyer ♦ defense lawyer ♦ divorce lawyer ♦ hedge lawyer ♦ immigration lawyer ♦ in the presence of a lawyer ♦ language lawyer ♦ lawyer bush ♦ lawyer cane ♦ penang lawyer ♦ Philadelphia lawyer ♦ profession of lawyer ♦ retain a lawyer ♦ sea lawyer ♦ trial lawyer. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "lawyer": lawyer-client relation, lawyer-free, lawyer-freeholders, lawyer-influenced, lawyer-like, lawyer-manager, lawyer-mps, lawyer-priest, lawyer-psychiatrist, lawyer-seneschals, lawyer-statesman, lawyer-stood, lawyer-turned-journalist. | |
Ending with "lawyer": client-lawyer, euro-lawyer, lake-lawyer, non-lawyer, Sea-lawyer, woman-lawyer. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
lawyer | 6,591 | wisconsin lawyer | 485 |
lawyer in california | 1,928 | alabama lawyer | 475 |
new york lawyer | 1,591 | virginia lawyer | 474 |
florida lawyer | 1,588 | ottawa lawyer | 470 |
illinois lawyer | 1,226 | personal injury lawyer | 447 |
lawyer in new york | 1,089 | massachusetts lawyer | 433 |
north carolina lawyer | 939 | divorce lawyer | 427 |
nj lawyer | 921 | chicago lawyer | 410 |
texas lawyer | 846 | colorado lawyer | 409 |
pennsylvania lawyer | 801 | michigan lawyer | 392 |
california lawyer | 782 | georgia lawyer | 381 |
ohio lawyer | 714 | criminal lawyer | 328 |
new jersey lawyer | 692 | find a lawyer | 319 |
los angeles lawyer | 656 | maryland lawyer | 312 |
lawyer la | 615 | bankruptcy lawyer | 302 |
kentucky lawyer | 596 | lawyer joke | 275 |
immigration lawyer | 594 | boston lawyer | 269 |
indiana lawyer | 511 | san diego lawyer | 266 |
missouri lawyer | 511 | ask a lawyer | 249 |
pa lawyer | 506 | utah lawyer | 249 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "lawyer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | prokureur (jurist), advokaat (advocate, barrister, counsel, intercessor, solicitor). (various references) | |
Albanian | njeri i ligjit, jurist (jurisconsult, jurist, legalist), avokati (advocate, bar, barrister, counsel, intercessor, solicitor), avokat (advocate, barrister, counsel, counsellor, counselor, jurist, vakeel, Vakil). (various references) | |
Arabic | محام (attorney), الممارس للمحاماة, رجل قانون. (various references) | |
Asturian | abogáu. (various references) | |
Bemba | shimafunde. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | iiyikoyaapiikoan. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | юрист (jurist, man of law), законовед (legalist, legist), адвокат (advocate, attorney, counsel, jurist, legal adviser, pleader, serjeant, vakeel), правник (jurist, legist, man of law), правист (jurist, law student). (various references) | |
Catalan | advocat (advocate, barrister, counsel, intercessor, solicitor). (various references) | |
Cebuano | abogado. (various references) | |
Chamorro | abugáo. (various references) | |
Chinese | 律師 , 律师 (Attorney, Attorneys, Barrister). (various references) | |
Cornish | dén an lagha. (various references) | |
Czech | zástupce (agent, alternate, deputy, procurator, proxy, representative, substitute), právník (counsellor, counselor, jurist), advokát (attorney, barrister, counsel, counsellor, counselor, solicitor). (various references) | |
Danish | sagfører (advocate, barrister, counsel, intercessor, solicitor), jurist (jurist). (various references) | |
Dutch | advocaat (advocate, barrister, counsel, egg nog, intercessor, solicitor), verdediger (advocate, barrister, counsel, intercessor, solicitor), pleitbezorger (advocate, barrister, counsel, intercessor, solicitor), jurist (jurist). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | quillcac. (various references) | |
Esperanto | juristo (jurist), advokato (advocate). (various references) | |
Faeroese | løgfrøðingur, sakførari (advocate, barrister, counsel, intercessor, solicitor). (various references) | |
Farsi | فقیه (Jurisconsult), ملا, مشاورحقوقی (Jurisconsult), قانون دان (Jurisconsult), وکیل دادگستری , حقوقدان (Jurist(Tic)), شارع . (various references) | |
Finnish | lakimies, laamannia, asianajaja (attorney, barrister, solicitor). (various references) | |
French | juriste, avocat (attorney at law). (various references) | |
Frisian | advokaat (advocate, barrister, counsel, intercessor, solicitor). (various references) | |
German | Rechtsanwalt (advocate, attorney, attorney at law, barrister, counsel, intercessor, practitioner, solicitor), Jurist (judge, jurisprudent, jurist, law student), Advokat (advocate, barrister, counsel, intercessor, solicitor), Anwalt (advocate, attorney, attorney at law, barrister, champion, counsel, intercessor, procurator, solicitor), Rechtsberater (legal adviser). (various references) | |
Greek | νομικόσ (jurist, law, legal), δικηγόροσ (attorney, counsel, counsellor, counselor, solicitor), δικηγόρος (advocate, barrister solicitor), δικαστής (judge, magistrate). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | avokati (advocate, barrister, counsel, intercessor, solicitor). (various references) | |
Hebrew | פרקליט (advocate, attorney, barrister, counsel, judge advocate, solicitor), עורך "ין (advocate, attorney, barrister, counsellor, solicitor). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ügyvéd (advocate, attorney, barrister, counsel, counsellor-at-law, counselor, counselor-at-law, intercessor, leader, legal practitioner, pleader, shark, solicitor). (various references) | |
Icelandic | málfærslumaður (advocate, barrister, counsel, intercessor, solicitor). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pokrol (attorney), pengacara (attorney), pembicara (adviser, discussant, speaker). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | maligaliriji. (various references) | |
Irish | dlíodóir. (various references) | |
Italian | avvocato (advocate, barrister, counsel, counsellor, intercessor, solicitor), legale (attorney at law, institutional, judicial, judiciary, jurisprudential, lawful, legal, legally, solicitor), giurista (jurisconsult, jurist). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 法曹 (legal profession). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | べ""し, ほうそう (beehive, broadcast, broadcasting, fragrant herb, hive, legal profession, packing, seeing an emperor off, smallpox, wrapping), ほうりつか (jurist). (various references) | |
Korean | 변호사. (various references) | |
Macedonian | advokat. (various references) | |
Manx | leighder (advocate, attorney, barrister, council, legal practitioner). (various references) | |
Maori | rooia. (various references) | |
Norwegian | advokat (advocate, attorney, barrister, counsel, intercessor, solicitor). (various references) | |
Papiamen | abogado (advocate, barrister, counsel, intercessor, solicitor). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | awyerlay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | jurista (attorney at law, jurist, law-writer), advogado (advocate, attorney, barrister, bencher, counsel, counsellor, counselor, intercessor, patron, pleader, solicitor, templar). (various references) | |
Provencal | avocata, avocat. (various references) | |
Romanian | jurist (attorney, jurisconsult, jurist, law-writer, legal adviser), jurisconsult (jurisconsult, legal expert, syndic), avocat (advocate, attorney, barrister, barristers, champion, counsel, counsellor at-law, legal adviser, pleader, solicitor, supporter). (various references) | |
Romansch | advocat. (various references) | |
Ruanda | umucamanza. (various references) | |
Russian | юрист (conveyancer, jurisconsult, jurist), адвокат (advocate, attorney, attorney at law, attorney-at-law, atty, atty attorney, barrister, councel, counsel, counsel for the defense, intercessor, jurist, man of law, pleader, procurator, solicitor, vakeel, vakil). (various references) | |
Samoan | loiaavemeli. (various references) | |
Sepedi | ramolao. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pravnik (attorney, gownsman, jurist), advokat (advocate, attorney, barrister). (various references) | |
Shona | gweta. (various references) | |
Sicilian | avvucatu. (various references) | |
Spanish | abogado (advocate, attorney, barrister, counsel, counsellor, intercessor, sergeant-at-law, Serjeant-at-law, solicitor), jurista (jurist). (various references) | |
Sranan | afkati (advocate, barrister, counsel, intercessor, solicitor). (various references) | |
Swazi | úm-méli. (various references) | |
Swedish | sakförare (advocate, barrister, counsel, intercessor, solicitor), advokat (advocate, attorney, barrister, counsel, counsellor, counselor, counselor-at-law, intercessor, legal adviser, pleader, solicitor), jurist (jurisconsult, jurist, lawer). (various references) | |
Tagalog | mánananggól (advocate, barrister, counsel, intercessor, solicitor). (various references) | |
Thai | เป็นทนายความ, ทนายความ (counsel, counsellor, counselor). (various references) | |
Turkish | avukat (advocate, attorney, attorney at low, barrister, counsel, counsellor-at-law, counselor, counselor-at-law, intercessor, mouthpiece, pleader, solicitor, writer to the signet). (various references) | |
Turkmen | aklawзy. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | юрист (attorney, jurisconsult, jurist), законознавець. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | luật sư luật gia. (various references) | |
Welsh | twrnai (attorney, barrister), cyfreithiwr (attorney, barrister). (various references) | |
Zulu | ummeli (advocate, barrister, counsel, intercessor, jurist, solicitor). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | advocatus, causidicus, consultum. (various references) |
| Middle English | 1100-1500 | lawe. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 22, Verse 35 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ephrwthsen eiV ex autwn nomikoV peirazwn auton kai legwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et interrogavit eum unus ex eis legis doctor temptans eum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & an þe wæs þare lage lareow axodehine. & fandede hine þus cweðende. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And oon of hem, a techere of the lawe, axide Jhesu, and temptide him, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And one of them which was a doctoure of lawe axed a question teptinge h m and sayinge: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Then one of them who was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 22, Verse 35 |
| Cebuano | Ug usa kanila, nga batid sa kasugoan, may gipangutana kaniya aron sa pagsulay kaniya. |
| Croatian | a jedan od njih, zakonoznanac, da ga iskuša, upita: |
| Danish | Og en af dem, en lovkyndig, spurgte og fristede ham og sagde: |
| Dutch | En een uit hen, zijnde een wetgeleerde, heeft gevraagd, Hem verzoekende, en zeggende: |
| Finnish | ja eräs heistä, joka oli lainoppinut, kysyi häneltä kiusaten: |
| French | et l`un d`eux, docteur de la loi, lui fit cette question, pour l`éprouver: |
| German | Und einer unter ihnen, ein Schriftgelehrter, versuchte ihn und sprach: |
| Haitian Creole | Yonn ladan yo ki te dirèktè lalwa mande li: |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Seorang dari mereka, yaitu seorang guru agama, mencoba menjebak Yesus dengan suatu pertanyaan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka seorang dari antara mereka itu, seorang fakih, menyoal Yesus hendak mencobai Dia, katanya, |
| Manx Gaelic | As denee fer jeu ard-ynsit 'sy leigh, question jeh, dy phrowal eh, gra, |
| Maori | Na ka ui tetahi o ratou, he kaiako i te ture, ka whakamatautau i a ia, ka mea, |
| Norwegian | og en av dem, en lovkyndig, spurte for å friste ham: |
| Portuguese | e um deles, doutor da lei, para o experimentar, interrogou- o, dizendo: |
| Rumanian | Wi unul din ei, un knvqyqtor al Legii, ca sq -L ispiteascq, I -a pus kntrebarea urmqtoare: |
| Shuar | Tura chikichik Pariséu jintintin asa Jesusan uyumtikiataj tusa aniasmiayi |
| Swahili | Mmoja wao, mwanasheria, akamwuliza Yesu kwa kumjaribu, |
| Swedish | och en av dem, som var lagklok, ville snärja honom och frågade: |
| Uma | Hadua ngkai laintongo' -ra, hadua guru agama, mperao mpo'opa petompoi' Yesus hante pompekunea' -na, na'uli': |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "lawyer": lawyered, lawyering, lawyerings, lawyerlike, lawyerly, lawyers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "lawyer": nonlawyer, superlawyer. (additional references) | |
Words containing "lawyer": nonlawyers, superlawyers. (additional references) | |
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"Lawyer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alwey, Alwyin, Alwyne, flawier, lawner, laywer, llawer, llwybr, Loewyne, lowyer, zawyer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "lawyer" (pronounced lô"yer or loy"er) |
| 3 | -ô" y er | Sawyer. |
| 3 | l oy" er | employer, multiemployer. |
| 2 | -oy" er | coyer, destroyer, foyer, oyer. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-r-w-y" | |
-1 letter: early, layer, leary, rawly, relay, waler, weary. | |
-2 letters: aery, aryl, awry, earl, eyra, lear, lyre, rale, real, rely, wale, waly, ware, wary, weal, wear, wyle, yare, yawl, year. | |
-3 letters: ale, are, awe, awl, aye, ear, era, lar, law, lay, lea, ley, lye, raw, ray, rya, rye, wae, war, way, wry, wye, yar, yaw. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-r-w-y" | |
+1 letter: lawyers, trawley, wearily. | |
+2 letters: clayware, lawyered, lawyerly, playwear, trawleys, walkyrie, waterily, waylayer. | |
+3 letters: claywares, dayflower, earlywood, jaywalker, lawyering, mayflower, nonlawyer, polywater, renewably, unawarely, walkyries, waylayers, wearingly, weatherly. | |
+4 letters: dayflowers, earlywoods, flyswatter, jaywalkers, lawyerings, lawyerlike, lukewarmly, mayflowers, nonlawyers, polywaters, waveringly, wearifully, yellowware. | |
+5 letters: blameworthy, clergywoman, flyswatters, rewardingly, superlawyer, swordplayer, unweariedly, wearability, wearilessly, wearisomely, yellowwares. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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