nonlawyer
noun
non·law·yer ˌnän-ˈlȯ-yər 
-ˈlȯi-ər
plural nonlawyers
: one who is not a lawyer : one who does not practice law as a profession
It asserts that a nonlawyer doing his own legal problem-solving has a fool for a client.
Martin S. Harris, Jr.
Martin S. Harris, Jr.explaining the ruling to nonlawyers
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Now, three years after being sworn into Congress, Demings, 62, had been chosen by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as one of seven House members to manage the impeachment trial of President Trump, the only nonlawyer selected for the task. Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2020 Hewitt said Plunkett had an ability to relate to people from all kinds of backgrounds and worked to make sure that nonlawyers in his court came away with a respect for the system. Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2018 Washington, however, does not ban firms owned by nonlawyers. Elizabeth Olson, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2017
Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2020 Hewitt said Plunkett had an ability to relate to people from all kinds of backgrounds and worked to make sure that nonlawyers in his court came away with a respect for the system. Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2018 Washington, however, does not ban firms owned by nonlawyers. Elizabeth Olson, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2017 Word History
First Known Use
1808, in the meaning defined above
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