solicitorso‧lic‧i‧tor /səˈlɪsɪtə $ -ər/ ●●○ S3 W2 noun [countable] 
You need to see a solicitor. a small firm of solicitors2American English someone who goes from place to place trying to sell goods or services: A sign on the door read, ‘No Solicitors’.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- A solicitor can both draw up your will and act as your executor if you so wish.
- It is clear that all solicitors involved in litigation are feeling the strain, though most maintain that the changes are positive.
- It is obviously important that everyone understands exactly how the law applies and your solicitor will be able to explain the situation.
- On both occasions the solicitor had acted without authority and the transactions were frauds on the bank.
- Specialist practitioners need not just be solicitors.
- The accountants, auditors, solicitors and personnel officers to name but a few, contribute to the running of schools.
- The post of Parliamentary Counsel is open to both barristers and solicitors, and candidates of adequate intellectual quality are in short supply.
THESAURUS
someone whose job is to advise people about laws, write formal agreements, or represent people in court: · His lawyer told him to plead guilty.
American English a lawyer. Attorney sounds more formal than lawyer: · ‘The United States sees intellectual property rights as sacred,’ said Thomas Klitgaard, an attorney specializing in international law.· Acting on the advice of his attorney, he remained silent throughout the questioning.
a type of lawyer in Britain who gives legal advice, prepares the documents when property is bought or sold, and defends people, especially in the lower courts of law: · She works as a commercial property solicitor at Nabarro Nathanson in London.· He went to the family solicitor to make a will.
a lawyer in Britain who can argue cases in the higher law courts: · McWalter's barrister, Hugh Vass, stressed his client’s previous good character.
formal a formal word for a lawyer in American English, or a barrister in Scotland: · The committee can put questions to the defendant or his advocate.
British English informal the lawyer who represents someone in a court case: · His brief asked for a fine rather than a prison sentence.
[uncountable] the lawyer or group of lawyers who are representing someone in court: · counsel for the defence/prosecution
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escrow, nounescrow agent, estate, nounestoppel, nounevidence, nounexamination, nounexamination-in-chief, nounexamine, verbexculpate, verbexecute, verbexecutor, nounexecutrix, nounexhibit, nounexpectations, nounex post facto law, nounexpropriate, verbextradite, verbextrajudicial, adjectivefair dealing, false representation, nounfee absolute, nounfiduciary, nounfiduciary, adjectivefinding, nounfirm name, nounfixtures and fittings, nounforce majeure, nounforeman, nounforewoman, nounfreeholder, nounfree pardon, nounfrustration of contract, fugitive, nounfugitive, adjectivegagging order, gag order, noungarnishee, verbgarnishee, noungeneral counsel, noungeneral practice, noungive, verbgrand jury, noungrantee, noungrantor, noungreen paper, noungross misconduct, ground rent, nounguarantee, verbguarantor, nounguaranty, nounguillotine, verbguilt, noungun control, nounhabeas corpus, nounHague Rules, nounhear, verbhearing, nounheir, nounheir apparent, nounhereafter, adverbhereditament, nounhereinafter, adverbhereof, adverbhereto, adverbheritable, adjectiveHigh Court, nounHighway Code, nounhirer, nounhuman right, nounimplied term, inadmissible, adjectiveinalienable, adjectiveincriminate, verbindemnify, verbindemnity, nounindict, verbindictable, adjectiveindictment, nounindustrial tribunal, nouninitiative, nouninjunction, nounin loco parentis, adverbinnocence, nouninnocent, adjectiveinoperative, adjectiveinquest, nouninsanity, nouninstruct, verbintellectual property, nounintent, nouninterdict, nouninterlocutory injunction, invoke, verbJane Doe, nounjob quota, joint and several liability, JP, nounjudge, nounjudge, verbjudicial, adjectivejuridical, adjectivejurisdiction, nounjurisprudence, nounjurist, nounjuror, nounjury, nounjury box, nounjury service, nounjustice, nounJustice of the Peace, nounjustifiable homicide, nounjuvenile, adjectivekangaroo court, nounKing's Counsel, nounlaw firm, nounlawyer, nounlease, nounleasehold, adjectiveleaseholder, nounlegatee, nounlegator, nounlessee, nounlessor, nounletters of administration, nounliable, adjectivelicensee, nounlien, nounlienee, nounlienor, nounlimited liability, nounliquidated damages, litigant, nounlitigate, verblitigation, nounlitigator, nounlitigious, adjectiveliving will, nounloophole, nounmagisterial, adjectivemagistracy, nounmagistrate, nounMagistrates' Court, nounmaintenance, nounmajority, nounmalfeasance, nounmalpractice, nounmarriage certificate, nounmarriage licence, nounmarriage lines, nounmaterial, adjectivematerial fact, nounmemorandum, nounmiscarriage of justice, nounmisdirect, verbmisfeasance, nounmisstatement, nounmistrial, nounM'lord, nounM'lud, nounmoiety, nounmonies, nounmoot court, nounmoratorium, nounmovable, nounno-fault, adjectivenolo contendere, nounnonfeasance, nounnon-negotiable, adjectivenotary, nounnuisance, nounnullify, verbnullity, nounoath, nounopen-and-shut case, nounopen verdict, nounoperative mistake, nounordinance, nounoriginating application, originating 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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a trainee hairdresserCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1a type of lawyer in Britain who gives legal advice, prepares the necessary documents when property is bought or sold, and defends people, especially in the lower courts of law: · Ms Shaw is a partner in a firm of solicitors.
a trainee hairdresser· Firms began to poach partners and to recruit dozens of assistant solicitors and articled clerks.· Between 1987 and 1989 annual salaries for assistant solicitors rose by well over half, to £20,000-70,000.· He was previously assistant solicitor at Eversheds.· Similarly, many assistant solicitors negotiate salaries from a position of desperate weakness.· Amjad Malik, 28-year-old assistant solicitor at Manchester firm Bhatti Solicitors, which has a sole principal.· After joining the plaintiff as an assistant solicitor the defendant entered an agreement with T, one of the plaintiff's clients.· Newly qualified solicitors begin as salaried assistant solicitors.· The fourth defendant is, or was, an assistant solicitor at the fifth defendants' London office.
· If you are interested in a career as a local government solicitor it can be useful to train with a local authority.· In smaller local authorities a local solicitor sometimes accepted this as a part-time position.· Many of the chief executives of local authorities are solicitors and often started their training with the local authority.· This is a formal step which may be taken by the agent or by the local solicitor.· The woman, twenty-seven year old Kate Webb, worked for a local firm of solicitors.· The first role clearly requires their presence in court throughout the hearing to instruct the local authority solicitor as necessary.· Eventually Serrigny found a small house belonging to the local solicitor.
NOUN· Mr Surkov would get the chance of seeing the duty solicitor.· There will also be no court duty solicitor today and throughout the week.· The scramble to redistribute existing resources and clients provides the conditions for the development of schemes such as the duty solicitor.· Best to let Mr Surkov see the duty solicitor on legal aid.· The position is different in so far as it affects the duty solicitor scheme.· Given that these defendants are unlikely to know the names of solicitors the responsibility for acting quickly settles on the duty solicitor.· It also took over all aspects of the duty solicitor scheme.· At least before the duty solicitor people were directed to lawyers who had qualifications in advocacy.
· The position is different in so far as it affects the duty solicitor scheme.· It also took over all aspects of the duty solicitor scheme.· It depends on whether the duty solicitor scheme was set up to help the unrepresented defendant or to diversify criminal work.· The origins and development of the duty solicitor scheme can not, then, be explained solely in terms of an altruistic model.· Members of the Darlington duty solicitors scheme have unanimously decided to suspend all court and 24hour duty until April 3.· From April 1, 1989, responsibility for both aspects of the duty solicitor scheme has passed to the Legal Aid Board.
· Some authorities allow trainee solicitors to spend time with a neighbouring authority to gain wider experience.· However, not all these authorities recruit trainee solicitors.· The course developed by Newcastle poly which should become Northumbria University next month is a one-stop route to becoming a trainee solicitor.· If you have trainee solicitors doing personal injury cases then transfer every 6-12 months is inevitable.· Articled clerks, recently renamed trainee solicitors, are paid salaries, which have in recent years become increasingly attractive.
VERB· Section 25 prevents the recovery of costs in respect of work done by an unqualified person acting as a solicitor.· A solicitor can advise on how you should act.
· Clients must consult solicitors even if their only need is for an opinion from counsel.· On 20 March 1989 papers were served on him and he then consulted a solicitor for the first time.· Before starting to buy a house or flat or signing a private tenancy agreement you are advised to consult a solicitor.· You are strongly advised to consult a solicitor without delay to act for you in your appeal.· Mr Bell said he had consulted his solicitor about the matter.· If in doubt, consult an accountant or solicitor who will help you work out the various after-tax and other angles.· More practically, he consulted solicitors of his own in an attempt to have the will disputed.· You will need to tell your mum to consult a solicitor if she now wishes to obtain a divorce.
· The firm now employs 14 solicitors and associates, who are completing 10-15 house purchases every day.· In the County Court you may file the necessary documents yourself, employ a solicitor or use a collection agency.· All parties who attend such an examination, including the bankrupt, may employ solicitors or counsel to represent them.· And the lender will employ its own solicitor, whose bill you will have to pay.· They were well ahead of nearest rival Nabarro Nathanson, which employs 145 solicitors.
· The Act allows, for the first time, children to initiate proceedings and instruct a solicitor to make court applications independently.· The first role clearly requires their presence in court throughout the hearing to instruct the local authority solicitor as necessary.· Guardians will have to seek approval from the panel before instructing a solicitor in this situation.· The fans hoped Fry would attend, but he was instructed by solicitors to stay away.· Parents should not instruct a solicitor to represent the child.· At the end of July the debtor instructed other solicitors.· In the High Court a limited company should instruct a solicitor to represent it.· The Act allows children, for the first time, to initiate proceedings and instruct a solicitor to make applications to court.
· Living at Greatham Hall, Jackson practised as a solicitor in Stockton-on-Tees.· In 1976 there were 3,881 barristers and 31,250 practising solicitors, compared with 109,547 police officers.
· The Legal Aid Act 1974 provides that solicitor and counsel may receive their remuneration only from the fund.
· Currently no further formal specialist training is required for solicitors in commerce and industry.
You need to see a solicitor. a small firm of solicitors2American English someone who goes from place to place trying to sell goods or services: A sign on the door read, ‘No Solicitors’.