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attorneyPerson who represents another in legal matters. In the USA, attorney is the formal title for a lawyer.
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An example of this type of institutionalization includes the use of the designation in the legal field: counselor at law. S states there was a distinction between the term A Counselor at Law who argued the case in court and an attorney who prepared the case but didn''t argue it. Most of the times the terms attorneys, counselor at law are interchangeably used with lawyers and they are perfect unless there is some expressive contraindication. |
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