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nouna professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
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- mouth a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
- key United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)
- bar (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried
- visit a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice
- client a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer
- counsel a lawyer who pleads cases in court
- counselor a lawyer who pleads cases in court
- prosecution the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant
- bryan United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925)
- advocate a lawyer who pleads cases in court