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A lawyer is a person who is qualified to offer advice about the law, draft legal documents, or represent individuals in legal matters. The exact nature of a lawyer's work varies depending on the legal jurisdiction and the legal system , as well as the lawyer's area of practice.
procurator ad causas - attorney employed to assist a litigant in the conduct of his lawsuit; procurator ad negotia - attorney assisting his client in transacting other business; procurator in rem suam - holder of an irrevocable power of attorney; quaestus liberales: Liberal profession restitutio in integrum: total reinstatement
In most legal systems of the Spanish-speaking world, the writ of amparo ("writ of protection"; also called recurso de amparo, "appeal for protection", or juicio de amparo, "judgement for protection") is a remedy for the protection of constitutional rights, found in certain jurisdictions. [1]
A bar association is a professional association of lawyers as generally organized in countries following the Anglo-American types of jurisprudence. [1] The word bar is derived from the old English/European custom of using a physical railing (bar) to separate the area in which court or legal profession business is done from the viewing area for the general public or students of the law.
County attorney is used in Arizona, Missouri, Montana, Minnesota, and New Hampshire. [10] Note that in other states the county attorney represents the county in civil matters, [11] whereas the district attorney prosecutes crimes. [12] Solicitor, [b] or more fully a circuit solicitor, is the term South Carolina uses to refers to its prosecutors ...
The Diccionario de la lengua española [a] (DLE; [b] English: Dictionary of the Spanish language) is the authoritative dictionary of the Spanish language. [1] It is produced, edited, and published by the Royal Spanish Academy, with the participation of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language.
The Attorney General of the State (Spanish: Fiscal General del Estado), or also, Prosecutor General, is the head of the Public Prosecutor's Office (Ministerio Fiscal), the independent body within the Judiciary, [1] that is tasked with promoting the operation of justice in defence of the rule of law, defending citizens’ rights, defending the public interest, with protecting the independence ...
Attorney may refer to: Lawyer. Attorney at law, in some jurisdictions; Attorney, one who has power of attorney; The Attorney, a 2013 South Korean film; See also.