单词 | public defender |
释义 | > as lemmaspublic defender public defender n. U.S. a lawyer or staff of lawyers employed by the government to represent in a criminal action a defendant unable to afford legal assistance. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > state or public law officers > state or public defender public defender1822 1822 Times 30 Oct. 2/5 St. Laurent, Public Defender and Interpreter at Port-aux-Cayes. 1828 T. Harris & R. W. Gill Rep. Court of Appeals Maryland 1 496 The tribunal, on the petition of Mr. Walker, present, assisted by Mr. Mallery, public defender, granted the act to the said Walker. 1918 Policeman's Monthly Oct. 9/2 (caption) A public defender needed. 2002 J. Ray Step-ball-change ii. 17 Not that Tom was exactly raking it in. He had left corporate law by then and was working in the public defender's office. < as lemmas |
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