单词 | city attorney |
释义 | > as lemmascity attorney city attorney n. now chiefly U.S. (originally) an attorney who works in the city; (now chiefly) an attorney employed by a city to advise and represent it in legal matters. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > state or public law officers the King's Attorney1414 attorneya1513 attorney-general1533 Solicitor-General1533 city attorney1664 state's attorney1779 AG1814 Official Solicitor1875 1664 Ungrateful Favourite iii. vi. 50 We'll wrangle like City-Atturneys at Loves Bar, and joyn like Brothers in Calisto's ruine. 1727 P. Aubin tr. R. Challes Illustrious French Lovers I. 152 I was born in Paris, the Son of an eminent City-Attorney. 1893 Northwestern Reporter 53 183/1 One of the powers conferred upon the city council was that of appointing a city attorney. 1935 Fortune Aug. 61/3 Back home in Leavenworth, Kansas, John W. Haussermann had been known as the ‘boy wonder’ city attorney. 2010 R. Broom Cocked & Loaded 112 The smack talk stopped as soon as the city attorney told them that they couldn't arrest us. < as lemmas |
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