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aˈttorneyship
[See -ship.]
1. The acting as an attorney for another; proxy.
1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, v. v. 56 Marriage is a matter of more worth, Then to be dealt in by Atturney-ship. 1598Florio, Procuraria..the doing or managing of another mans busines by atturneyship. 1763Churchill Poems Ded., But you my Lord renounced Attorneyship.
2. The profession and practice of an attorney; also = attorney-generalship.
1611Cotgr., Attournance, an atturneyship, or, the following of a cause by an Atturney. 1634in 3rd Rep. R. Com. Hist. MSS. 283/1 Succeeding in the atturneyship your countriman Noy. 1861Spedding Bacon I. 266 Christmas passed away without any resolution concerning the Attorneyship. |