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A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor)
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A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law as an attorney-at-law, solicitor, advocate, barrister or equivalent, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice.
- A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade. [one of various versions of an aphorism in law]
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A legal layman who argues points of law.broadly
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The burbot.UKcolloquial
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The stem of a bramble.UKdialectal
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Any of various plants that have hooked thorns.; A relative of the raspberry found in Australia and New Zealand, Rubus australis
- The species of Eugnomus are very partial to the lawyer (Rubus australis ) when in bloom.
- A plant that is excessively troublesome in the localities where the native vegetation has been least disturbed is the “lawyer” (Rubus australis).
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Any of various plants that have hooked thorns.; Various species of Calamus, including Calamus australis, Calamus muelleri, Calamus obstruens, Calamus vitiensis, Calamus warburgii, and Calamus moti.
- Besides the bags and nets common throughout the continent, these tribes have water-bags, which they make of closely-plaited “lawyer” (Calamus Australis), and also of palm-leaf sewn with the sinews of animals.
- The nest was a foot or two from the ground, and placed in a bunch of lawyer (Calamus ) canes.
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Any of various plants that have hooked thorns.; A woody climbing rainforest vine, Flagellaria indica.
- The stems of the "lawyer vine" (Flagellaria indica), buz or buzi (W.), boz (E.), are used in house-building, tying fences, etc.
syn. abogado · advocate · attorney · avocat · counsel · counselor · latitat · lawman · lawyer · legal representative · limb of the law · man of law
ant. non-lawyer