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lawyer

[ law-yer, loi-er ]

noun

  1. a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for clients in other legal matters.
  2. New Testament. an interpreter of the Mosaic Law. Luke 14:3.


verb (used without object)

  1. to work as a lawyer; practice law.

verb (used with object)

  1. to submit (a case, document, or the like) to a lawyer for examination, advice, clarification, etc.

verb phrase

  1. Informal. to hire a lawyer, especially when there is a perceived risk of being sued or charged with a crime:

    It鈥檚 time to lawyer up to protect yourself and your family.

lawyer

/ 藞l蓴藧j蓹; 藞l蓴瑟蓹 /

noun

  1. a member of the legal profession, esp a solicitor See also advocate barrister solicitor
  2. a popular name for burbot
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 濒补飞顎儁别谤路濒颈办别顎 濒补飞顎儁别谤路濒测 adjective
  • 诲别路濒补飞顎儁别谤 verb (used with object)
  • 苍辞苍路濒补飞顎儁别谤 noun
  • 耻苍顎僤别谤路濒补飞顎厃别谤 noun
  • un路濒补飞顎儁别谤路濒颈办别顎 adjective
  • un路濒补飞顎儁别谤路濒测 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of lawyer1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400, lawyer is from the Middle English word lawyere. See law 1, -ier 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of lawyer1

C14: from law 1
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A top lawyer at the New York Times revealed that both the Trump and Biden administrations tried to obtain the email logs of four of its reporters.

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The teen鈥檚 lawyer described the encounters in a notice of claim, which is a precursor to a lawsuit, as 鈥渃onsensual,鈥 but incarcerated people cannot legally consent to sex with government employees or guards.

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He seems to be attacking any institution that can serve as a check on his power 鈥 the media, universities, judges, lawyers, and state officials.

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Luna Droubi, one of his lawyers, argued that the arrest was "in direct retaliation for his advocacy on behalf of Palestinians and because of his identity as a Palestinian".

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Because the company and its lawyers did not correct Roman鈥檚 testimony, 鈥淎pple will be held to have adopted the lies and misrepresentations to this court,鈥 the judge wrote.

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