Attorney
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Attorney may refer to:
- Attorney at lawAttorney at lawAn attorney at law in the United States is a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute and defend actions in such court on the retainer of clients. Alternative terms include counselor and lawyer...
, a lawyer in some countries - Attorney generalAttorney GeneralIn most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...
, the principal legal adviser to a government - Attorney-in-fact, a person authorised to act on someone else's behalf in a legal or business matter by a power of attorney
- Attorney (England and Wales)Attorney (England and Wales)The use of the term Attorney under English law differs from that of most other English-speaking countries, and terms such as 'Power of Attorney' thus have different meanings as well. Correspondingly, some composite terms such as Attorney-at-law are no longer used at all...
, a person, who may be but is not necessarily a lawyer, who is authorised to act on someone else's behalf in either a business or a personal matter