attorneyshipn.
1. The acting as an attorney for another; proxy.
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society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > [noun]
legacyc1384
proxy1440
vicarship1534
deputyship1587
attorneyship1598
vicegerentship1600
vicaragea1631
solicitorship1633
agenting1646
committeeship1648
representation1660
proxyship1674
proxyhood1776
surrogacy1811
assigneeship1829
locum tenency1831
delegateship1838
surrogateship1846
repping1910
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Procuraria..the doing or managing of another mans busines by atturneyship.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. vii. 56 Marriage is a matter of more worth, Then to be dealt in by Atturney-ship . View more context for this quotation
a1764 C. Churchill Serm. (1765) Ded. p. viii But you, my Lord, renounc'd Attorneyship.
2. The profession and practice of an attorney; also = attorney-generalship n. at attorney-general n. Derivatives.
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society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > legal representative or agent > attorney > position of
attorneyship1611
attorneydom1881
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Attournance, an atturneyship, or, the following of a cause by an Atturney.
1634 in 3rd Rep. R. Com. Hist. MSS. 283/1 Succeeding in the atturneyship your countriman Noy.
1861 Spedding Bacon I. 266 Christmas passed away without any resolution concerning the Attorneyship.
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