(attorney-at-law, public attorney.) A professional and properly-qualified legal agent practising in the courts of Common Law (as a solicitor…

Law. Formerly, in countries practising Roman civil law, and English ecclesiastical courts: an agent, attorney, or advocate. In later use Scottish: a…

Law. A person whose profession is to represent others in a court of canon or (formerly) civil law; a profession corresponding to that of attorney or…

= attorney, n.1

Scottish. A lawyer, a solicitor; esp. one practising in the lower courts or provincial towns; (in early use also) a notary; a legal secretary or…

A legal agent, a proctor. Obsolete.

An attorney or procurator.