attorney
sustantivoverbocorriente en diálogos
- Reino Unido//əˈtɜːni//
- Estados Unidos//əˈtɜɹni//
- //ʔɐˈtoɹ.ni//
A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
sustantivo
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A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
If those attempts are unsuccessful, the attorney requesting the interrogatories may file a motion for sanctions with the court. The sanctions range from attorney fees to prohibiting the nonanswering party from presenting or defending claims.
“Conflicting out” attorneys is the way a husband will make sure his wife doesn't hire any of the most aggressive lawyers in town.
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An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf in accordance with that person's instructions.
Near-synonyms: agent, proxy, representative
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anticuadoOne such who practised in the courts of the common law.
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raroA solicitor.
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An honorific given to lawyers and notaries public, or those holders by profession who also do other jobs. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Atty.
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An attorney tree (Clusia spp.)
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A prosecutor.
Etimología
From Middle English attourne, from Old French atorné, past participle of atorner, atourner, aturner (“to attorn”), in the sense of "one appointed or constituted".
verbo
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raroTo work as a legal attorney.
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raroTo provide with a legal attorney.
Formas
- plural
- attorneys, attornies
- pasado
- attorneyed
- participio
- attorneyed
- gerundio
- attorneying
- 3.ª persona del singular
- attorneys
attorney · A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
attract · To pull toward without touching.attracted · drawn towardsattraction · The tendency to attract.