Definition of Lawyer

	Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog Now!
Home - Quote Topics - Quotes of the Day - Quote Keywords - Author Types - Quotation Trivia Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Lawyer

One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates.

The black-necked stilt. See Stilt.

The bowfin (Amia calva).

The burbot (Lota maculosa).

Related Definitions:

Advise, Amia, And, As, Attorneys, Bowfin, Burbot, Comprehending, Conduct, Defence, For, General, In, Is, It, Law, Legal, Of, One, Or, Other, Practitioner, Profession, Prosecution, See, Stilt, Term, The, To, Versed, Whose

Lawyer Quotations

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
Abraham Lincoln

God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.
Benjamin Franklin

I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.
Steven Wright

Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.
Will Rogers

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
Robert Frost

The jury consist of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
Robert Frost

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.
Henry David Thoreau

Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress is not a happy prospect.
Hunter S. Thompson

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.
Arthur Schopenhauer

McVeigh's lawyer got him the death penalty, which, quite frankly, I could have done.
Jon Stewart

Lawyer Translations

lawyer in Afrikaans is advokaat, prokureur
lawyer in Dutch is verdediger, advocaat, pleitbezorger
lawyer in German is Rechtsanwalt {m}, Rechtsberater {m}, Advokat {m}
lawyer in Italian is legale, giurista
lawyer in Norwegian is jurist, advokat
lawyer in Portuguese is advogado
lawyer in Spanish is abogado, jurista

Quotes