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Attorney General

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attorney general
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Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


attorney general
n.
An attorney who serves as the head of the Department of Justice and chief legal adviser to the president and who represents the United States in legal matters; each state also has its own attorney general who performs the same functions at the state level.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


Attorney General
chief law officer of the Crown and leader of the English bar. He represents the public interest in many matters. He regularly represents the government or government departments in litigation. He may also refer matters of law to the Court of Appeal after an acquittal. The same term is used for a senior law officer in many other jurisdictions, notably the USA, where the Attorney General is head of the Department of Justice, and also in the bailiwick of Jersey.

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.


Attorney General
Head of the United States Department of Justice and chief law officer of the federal government. The Attorney General represents the United States in legal matters, oversees federal prosecutors, and provides legal advice to the president and to heads of executive governmental departments. Each state also has an attorney general, responsible for advising the governor and state agencies and departments about legal issues, and overseeing state prosecuting attorneys.
Category: Criminal Law
Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.

Attorney General
England, Wales
The Attorney General is one of the Law Officers of the Crown. Her deputy is the Solicitor General. The Attorney General has three main functions:
• She is the guardian of the public interest.
• She and the Solicitor General are:
o the chief legal advisers to the government;
o criminal justice ministers.
The Attorney General and Solicitor General have overall responsibility for the Treasury Solicitor and supervise the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Director of the Serious Fraud Office, the Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.
The current Attorney General is the Rt Hon the Baroness Scotland QC.

Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. . 2010.


Attorney General
n. The chief legal officer of the United States or of a state, who advises the federal or state government on legal matters, represents the federal or state government in litigation, and heads the United States Department of Justice or a state's legal department. Abbreviated A.G.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


attorney general
The chief law enforcement officer of the United States or of a state government, typically serving in an executive branch position. The individual represents the government in litigation and serves as the principal advisor to government officials and agencies in legal matters.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


attorney general
The chief law enforcement officer of the United States or of a state government, typically serving in an executive branch position. The individual represents the government in litigation and serves as the principal advisor to government officials and agencies in legal matters.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

  
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