单词 | king's attorney |
释义 | > as lemmasKing's (also Queen's) Attorney King's (also Queen's) Attorney n. (in England) the descriptive title of the legal officer (later) formally known as the attorney general; cf. attorney general n. 2.historical after the early 18th cent. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > state or public law officers the King's Attorney1414 attorneya1513 attorney-general1533 Solicitor-General1533 city attorney1664 state's attorney1779 AG1814 Official Solicitor1875 1447 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Feb. 1447 §24. m. 1 Provided also, that this acte be not prejudiciall..to the kyngs justicez, kyngs serjainttez, nor to the kynges attourney. a1500 (a1470) Brut (BL Add. 10099) 525 A gret Affray in Flet Strete bitwen men of Court & men of þe same stret: In which Affray þe Quenes Attorney was slayn. 1541–2 Act 33 Henry VIII c. 10 §10 in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 842 The Kinges Attorney and Solycitor, and all other Justices officers and ministers beinge bounden to attende the Termes. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. i. 16 The Kings Atturney on the contrary, Vrg'd on the Examinations. View more context for this quotation 1704 Boston News-let. 19 June 1/2 The Queen's Attorney opened the case, and the court proceeded to the Examination of the Evidences for Her Majesty. 1821 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 257 When the latter [sc. Edward Coke] was appointed queen's attorney, Whitgift sent him a copy of the New Testament. 1911 Antiquary July 264/1 The King's attorney brought forward a recent statute, which enacted that ‘if a wife willingly leave her husband.., she shall be barred for ever of action to demand her dower’. 2013 S. Jenks in M. Dyson & D. Ibbetson Law & Legal Process v. 101 Covele had been made King's Attorney by letters patent. < as lemmas |
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