单词 | pettifactor |
释义 | † pettifactorn. Obsolete. rare. Probably: a legal practitioner who undertakes small cases. Cf. pettifogger n.1 ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > legal representative or agent > other legal agents pettifactor1586 suit-broker1632 literary executor1797 paralegal1969 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 92 Thereby, the number of pleaders and petifactors be so far increased that although the common-wealth is wonderfully torn with the litigiousnes of clyents notwithstanding their purchase is not worth their rent. 1633 T. Nash Quaternio 41 How difficult a thing it is for a petifactor to rayse himselfe, without a great deale of jugling and false-dealing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1586 |
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