legal assistant

legal assistant
n. A paralegal.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


legal assistant
A person, working under the supervision of a lawyer, qualified through education, training, or work experience to perform substantive legal work that requires knowledge of legal concepts and is customarily, but not exclusively, performed by a lawyer; also known as a paralegal.

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


legal assistant
A person, working under the supervision of a lawyer, qualified through education, training, or work experience to perform substantive legal work that requires knowledge of legal concepts and is customarily, but not exclusively, performed by a lawyer; also known as a paralegal.

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

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