| 单词 | crown lawyer |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrown lawyer crown lawyer n. a lawyer in the service of the Crown; a lawyer who works for the Government Legal Service.Not now in technical legal use. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > lawyer dealing with specific type of business conveyancer1650 prerogative lawyer1681 pettifogger1688 crown lawyer1738 criminal lawyer1753 Crown solicitor1779 trial lawyer1929 1738 Common Sense 20 May 92 In a late Case, (the Riot of Glasgow) being in the King's Will, was construed, by the Crown Lawyers, as the same Thing with a Capital Punishment. 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. IV. xxxvii. 25 The crown-lawyers received directions to prosecute them for a seditious libel. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 65 It was necessary for the protection of the rights of the crown that one at least of the crown lawyers should be a man of learning, ability, and experience. 1920 Ld. Shaw Let. 3 Oct. in Lett. to Isabel (1921) xxix. 188 The Crown lawyers..showed the grasp and grit which became their high office. 2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) iii. 75 Meanwhile the accused had languished in jail and one has to question the judgement of the Crown lawyers and police for letting it go so far. < as lemmas |
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