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solicitor(encyclopedia)
solicitor(dictionary)
SOLICITOR(law)
Solicitor:(law)
Proxy Solicitor(money)
Proxy solicitor(finance)
solicitor general(dictionary)
Official Solicitor(law)

solicitor (iou)



solicitor noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French solliciteur, from solliciter: see SOLICIT, -OR. Cf. late Latin sollicitator.]
A person who or thing which urges, prompts, or incites someone or something. LME-E18.
A person who conducts, negotiates, or transacts matters on behalf of another or others; a representative, an agent, a deputy; spec. an official representing a sovereign's interests. LME-M18.
T. Fuller The Presbyterian party..applied..by their secret solicitors to James King of Scotland.
A person who or (long rare) thing which entreats, requests, or petitions; a person who begs favours; a petitioner, an intercessor. LME.
S. Smiles A mere crowd of servile solicitors for place.
A legal practitioner properly qualified to deal with conveyancing, draw up wills etc., advise clients and instruct barristers, and represent clients in the lower courts; Hist. a legal practitioner practising in a court of equity. Also (US), the chief law officer of a city etc. M16.
Official Solicitor (a) Hist. an officer of the Court of Chancery; (b) an officer of the Supreme Court who acts as next friend or guardian ad litem for those under a disability with no one else to act for them, or who intervenes to protect the interest of children. Solicitor-General (a) the Crown law officer (in England ranking next to the Attorney-General, in Scotland to the Lord Advocate), who acts for the State or Crown in cases affecting the public interest and who is usually a member of the House of Commons; (b) US a law officer whose main function is to assist an Attorney-General.
A tempter; a source of temptation, an enticement. L16-M17.
A person who solicits business orders, advertising, etc.; a canvasser. US. L19.
solici'torial adjective of or pertaining to a solicitor, esp. a legal practitioner M20.
solicitorship noun the official post, duty, or calling of a solicitor L16.