单词 | attorney general |
释义 | > as lemmasAttorney General 2. spec. Attorney-General, Attorney General: a legal officer of the state empowered to act in all cases in which the state is a party. In England, Isle of Man, many Commonwealth countries, and in the United States, (formerly also in Ireland), the title of the first ministerial law-officer of the government, also of his or her Majesty's attorney in the duchy of Lancaster and, historically, in the duchy of Cornwall and the county palatine of Durham (now also applied to the attorney to the Prince of Wales). Plural (better): Attorney-Generals.The designation began in England, where this officer was at first merely the king's attorney (see above 6), called from the reign of Edward IV, ‘the king's general attorney,’ to distinguish him from those appointed to act on special occasions, or in particular courts. The descriptive designation seems to have grown into a title during the 16th cent. The A.G. is now a member of the Ministry (but not of the Cabinet), and usually has a seat in the House of Commons. 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 1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII xvi. §2 The kinges generall attorney, and general Solicitour, which for the time is. 1585 in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1809) I. 214 Then began John Popham Esq. her Majestys Attorney-general, as followeth. 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 31 Sr John Dauis Knight, his Maiesties Attorny Generall for Ireland. 1708 London Gaz. No. 4482/3. a1734 R. North Life F. North (1742) 18 His admission into the Conversation of Mr. Attorney-General Palmer..proved of great use to him..For Mr. Attorney..was a very great Book Lawyer. 1812 Examiner 25 May 334/1 Attorneys-General, Judges, and Hangmen. 1812 L. Hunt in Examiner 24 Aug. 529/1 Attorney-Generals should be restricted. < as lemmas |
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