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a lawyer

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a lawyer

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the most senior lawyer in some countries or US states

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someone whose job is to guard prisoners in a court

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the profession of being a barrister (=a lawyer who has the right to speak in a higher court of law). If someone is called to the bar, they become a barrister.

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a lawyer in England or Wales who is allowed to speak in the higher law courts

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a judge

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the position of being a judge in a court of law

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a lawyer

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the most senior judge in a court of law, especially the US Supreme Court

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a judge who visits a number of courts of law in an area regularly in order to deal with local cases

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someone whose job is to look after the documents in an office, court etc

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a lawyer who gives someone legal advice and represents them in a court of law

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the people in a court, especially the judge and jury

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district attorney: a lawyer in the US who represents a state against a person or organization accused of committing a crime

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the people in a court case who try to prove that someone is not guilty. The people who try to prove that someone is guilty are called the prosecution. The defence can be followed by a singular or plural verb

a government official who decides whether someone accused of a crime by the police should be brought to trial in a court of law

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a lawyer who works for a state or county government in the US and whose job is to bring people accused of crimes to trial

the director of public prosecutions

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in some countries, a public prosecutor (=lawyer for the government)

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the work of a lawyer who deals with a wide range of problems

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Justice of the Peace: an official similar to a judge who works in the lower courts

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someone whose job is to make decisions in a court of law

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a legal expert, usually a judge

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a judge in a law court in the US

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an official similar to a judge who works in the lower courts. Justices of the Peace are often simply called JPs.

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a company consisting of a group of lawyers who provide legal advice and services

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until 2009, the members of the British House of Lords who were important lawyers and judges and formed the highest court of law in the UK

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someone whose profession is to provide people with legal advice and services

a senior member of the British government, who belongs to the Cabinet and is head of the Ministry of Justice

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a judge in a court for minor crimes

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a government officer whose job is to make certain that the laws of a place or orders of a court are obeyed

the second most senior judge in England and Wales, after the Lord Chief Justice

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used for addressing a judge in a court in the UK

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a lawyer, especially one who defends someone accused of a crime

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someone who has the legal authority to make a document official

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someone with legal training whose job is to help a lawyer

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the lawyers representing the US government or a US state in a criminal case

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in Scotland, a lawyer who works for the government and whose job is to decide whether there is enough evidence to put someone on trial for a crime. In England and Wales this work is done by the Crown Prosecution Service.

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the lawyers who try to prove in court that someone accused of a crime is guilty

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a lawyer whose job is to prove in court that someone accused of a crime is guilty

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in the US, a lawyer who is paid by the government to defend people in court if they cannot pay for themselves

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in the UK, a lawyer who works for the government and tries to prove that someone has done something illegal. The usual American word is district attorney.

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Queen’s Counsel: in the UK, a lawyer of high status

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a qc

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in parts of the UK, a lawyer who sometimes works as a judge

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someone whose job is to make an official record of what is said in a court

another spelling of serjeant at arms

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an official in a court of law or in parliament in the UK whose job is to make certain that the people there do not behave badly

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in the past, the most senior law officer in a US town

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in Scotland, the judge in a sheriff court

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in the past, the most senior law officer in an English county

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a qc

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in the UK, a lawyer who gives legal advice, writes legal contracts, and represents people in the lower courts of law

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in the UK, the second most important legal officer, below the Attorney General in England and Wales and the Lord Advocate in Scotland

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a state’s attorney

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a lawyer who works for the state in US legal cases

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someone whose job is to allow people to enter or leave a court of law

used when talking to a judge in a court of law