See Also: fiddley(dictionary)
Duty(finance)
duty(dictionary)
Duty(money)
duty(dictionary)
off-duty(dictionary)
duty(medicine)
BENEVOLENCE, duty(law)
Stamp duty(finance)
Duty Solicitors:(law)

Duty solicitors (law) and fiddley (iou)


Duty solicitors (law)


Solicitors, paid by the State to be available:



(1) in magistrates’ courts to assist defendants who do not have their own solicitor;

(2) to be called to police stations to assist people who have been arrested.

fiddley (iou)



fiddley noun. L19.
[Origin unkn.]
Nautical. An iron framework (usu. covered by a grating) round the deck opening leading to the engine-room and stokehold of a steamer; the space it encloses.