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The synonyms of “Lawyer” are: attorney, agent, member of the bar
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “lawyer” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| agent | Any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau. His agent was able to negotiate a long term contract. |
| attorney | A solicitor. |
| member of the bar | The male organ of copulation (`member’ is a euphemism. |
| acquittal | A judgment of not guilty. The trial resulted in an acquittal. |
| appeal | Make a serious, urgent, or heartfelt request. The range of topics will appeal to youngsters. |
| appellate | Of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals. Appellate court. |
| ask | Require or ask for as a price or condition. This job asks a lot of patience and skill. |
| attorney | A professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice. |
| barrister | A person called to the bar and entitled to practise as an advocate, particularly in the higher courts. |
| client | A dependant; a hanger-on. Workstation clients are going to be easy to install. |
| counselor | A lawyer who pleads cases in court. |
| court | The courtiers retinue and household of a sovereign. The house was built around an inner court. |
| diplomatist | An official engaged in international negotiations. |
| disbar | Expel (a barrister) from the Bar, so that they no longer have the right to practise law. Competitors wearing rings will be disbarred from competition. |
| entreaty | An earnest or humble request. An entreaty to stop the fighting. |
| exhortation | The act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion. No amount of exhortation had any effect. |
| indict | Formally accuse of or charge with a crime. His former manager was indicted for fraud. |
| judicial | Expressing careful judgment-Tyler Dennett. A judicial system. |
| juror | Someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury. |
| jury | A body of people selected to judge a competition. The jury returned unanimous guilty verdicts. |
| legal | Having legal efficacy or force. He claimed that it had all been legal. |
| malpractice | A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct. The widow sued his surgeon for malpractice. |
| mistrial | A trial rendered invalid through an error in the proceedings. The judge dismissed the charge and declared a mistrial. |
| paralegal | A person trained in subsidiary legal matters but not fully qualified as a lawyer. |
| petition | Write a petition for something to somebody request formally and in writing. A Highland chief petitioned her father for her hand in marriage. |
| plead | Make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts. She was pleading insanity. |
| probate | Put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence. She has been granted a probate to execute her late father s estate. |
| proposal | The act of making a proposal. Surely a woman as beautiful as you has had proposals. |
| prosecutor | A person, especially a public official, who institutes legal proceedings against someone. Prosecutors are fully entitled to bring any number of offences against a single defendant. |
| solicitor | A member of the legal profession qualified to deal with conveyancing the drawing up of wills and other legal matters A solicitor may also instruct barristers and represent clients in some courts. She had been a telephone solicitor for a Chicago newspaper. |
| supplicate | Make a humble, earnest petition. He supplicated the King for clemency. |
| trial | Of a horse dog or other animal compete in trials. He had a fair trial and the jury found him guilty. |
| verdict | A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. |
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