plural attorneys
: one who is legally appointed to transact business on another's behalf
especially
: lawyer
Examples of attorney in a Sentence
talked to the count's attorney about buying land from his estate
finished law school and became an attorney
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Separately, attorneys for the families of victims of the shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in 2012 filed a civil lawsuit under a different provision of the law concerning unfair trade practices.
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
If any inmates were denied parole because of the faulty tests, they could be owed a new hearing before the parole board, said attorneys representing inmates affected by the defective drug tests.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
In August 2024, four months after Gifford's initial filing, attorneys for Sheil asked the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas to dismiss claims brought forth against her.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 30 May 2025
The Trump administration’s decision was the first-ever mass revocation of humanitarian parole, attorneys for the migrants said.
—Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
If any inmates were denied parole because of the faulty tests, they could be owed a new hearing before the parole board, said attorneys representing inmates affected by the defective drug tests.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
In August 2024, four months after Gifford's initial filing, attorneys for Sheil asked the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas to dismiss claims brought forth against her.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 30 May 2025
The Trump administration’s decision was the first-ever mass revocation of humanitarian parole, attorneys for the migrants said.
—Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
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“Attorney.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attorney. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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attorney
noun
at·tor·ney
ə-ˈtər-nē 
plural attorneys
: a person authorized to act on another's behalf
especially
: lawyer see also attorney-in-fact
Etymology
Anglo-French atorné legal representative, from past participle of atorner to designate, appoint, from Old French, to prepare, arrange see attorn
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