| 单词 | state's attorney |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstate's attorney state's attorney n. (a) U.S. an official elected or appointed to represent the State in the prosecution of criminal offences, being typically the chief legal officer of a district; (b) chiefly South African the principal legal officer of a state (now historical). 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 1779 Act to prevent Articles being Exported in Charters & Laws Mass. Bay (1814) 827 The selectmen..shall make application to the state's attorney. 1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. III. 251 There is in Vermont..an attorney-general, or, as it is called, a states attorney, for each particular county. 1899 W. Harding War in S. Afr. Feb. xlvi. 431 Joubert..became a stock farmer in the Wakkerstroom district of the Transvaal. Then he was elected state's attorney. 1906 W. Walker John Calvin xii. 335 The prosecution now fell into the charge of the states-attorney of the city, Claude Rigot, a friend of Calvin. 2008 P. Phillips et al. Censored 2009 72 Despite an appeal by the States Attorney, the ruling was upheld. < as lemmas |
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