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One who solicits.

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In many common law jurisdictions, a type of lawyer whose traditional role is to offer legal services to clients apart from acting as their advocate in court. A solicitor instructs a barrister to act as an advocate for their client in court, although rights of audience for solicitors vary according to jurisdiction.

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In English Canada and in parts of Australia, a type of lawyer who historically held the same role as above, but whose role has in modern times been merged with that of a barrister.

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In parts of the U.S., the chief legal officer of a city, town or other jurisdiction.

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A person soliciting sales, especially door to door.

Advocates took the place of barristers, and proctors of solicitors.

In 1803 Palgrave was articled to a firm of solicitors, but was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1827.

To secure business and to conduct his cases with adequate knowledge, he studied the forms of English law, he solicited William Strahan, the printer, "to get him employed in city causes," and he entered into social intercourse (as is noted in Alexander Carlyle's autobiography) with busy London solicitors.

There were also attached to the college thirty-four proctors, whose duties were analogous to those of solicitors.

He was barely seventeen when (in November 1821) he was taken into the office of Messrs Swain, Stevens and Co., solicitors, in Frederick's Place, Old Jewry.

These solicitors are committed to the idea of divorce or separation with as little acrimony as possible.

This is met by taking the Bar Vocational Course for intending barristers, or the Legal Practice Course for intending solicitors.

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Drummonds Solicitors is a specialist conveyancing practice, based in Chester.. .

Partner Edmund Probert and Solicitors Silas Brown and Philip Wolfgang negotiated the deal and provided legal advice.

You cannot get any money for things like solicitors ' fees from us or the Appeals Service.

Arrangements are in place with consortia of solicitors ' firms in Bath, Swindon and Exeter for the presentation of " in-house " courses.

Our specialist personal injury solicitors Our personal injury solicitors Our personal injury solicitors have a wide range of specialties among them.

The partners are either solicitors or registered foreign lawyers.

The function of solicitors for the interested parties is therefore more limited than it would be in adversarial litigation.

For many solicitors divorce cases provide the mainstay of their family work.

Well established Bristol based Solicitors providing specialist advice and help in Family Law, including matrimonial, children and cohabitation law.

Last year saw an increase of 45 per cent in professional negligence mediations, solicitors accounting for 62 per cent of total cases.

The solicitor I used was not really a rip-off merchant he was just an ordinary solicitor making a healthy profit like most other solicitors.

Solicitors wrote to Mr Wong alleging negligence on his part on 18 December 2004.

We are specialist solicitors dealing with all types of accident claims, including clinical negligence.

Professional indemnity claims involving solicitors ' negligence, personal injury claims and other issues.

The solicitors were potentially negligent in failing to secure this evidence earlier.

They are obliged to do so pursuant to rule 46 of the Solicitors Indemnity Rules 2003.

The battle began in 1993 when rivals Remington consulted solicitors about launching a triple-headed shaver in the UK.

You only pay when your nominated solicitors have successfully received endowment compensation on your behalf.

Expert national conveyancing services at substantially discounted rates from leading UK conveyancing solicitors.

On 7th April the claimant's solicitors faxed to them copies of the documents they had filed with the court six weeks earlier.

The defendant's solicitors promptly pointed out the mistake in the name of the defendant.

The defendant amended his report and sent it to the plaintiff's solicitors.

A Notice of Appeal was received by Nominet from the complainant's solicitors on 22 July, 2002.

We send the Transfer Deed and the other title deeds of the property to the buyer's solicitors.

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In addition, solicitors responsible for supervising trainees must review performance on a quarterly basis.

He served his legal traineeship with Glasgow solicitors Cameron Macaulay.

Your Purchase We electronically transmit the completion funds to the seller's solicitors.

The site is designed as a resource for solicitors to use and a slightly unusual menu system is used on the site.

Where the debtor is a company or corporation registered under the companies acts, the creditor may petition to have it wound up. (See COMPANY.) Imprisonment for debt, the evils of which have been so graphically described by Dickens, was abolished in England by the Debtors Act 1869, except in cases of default of payment of penalties, default by trustees or solicitors and certain other cases.

In the recent case Qua v John Ford Morrison Solicitors these issues were considered by the Employment Appeal Tribunal.

All our advisors have a specialist degree as minimum, some are qualified as barristers, others are solicitors.

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The Mechanics of Completion On completion day the buyers solicitors send the balance of the money to the sellers solicitors.

The seller 's solicitors have to provide us with legal details of the property.

Some of the returning servicemen included solicitors who were later to become judges.

He has undertaken research into the working relationships between local authority solicitors and social workers in child care cases.

Four pilot projects have been running in which solicitors directly employed by the Board work in partnership with advice organizations.

The defendant 's solicitors promptly pointed out the mistake in the name of the defendant.

The defendant amended his report and sent it to the plaintiff 's solicitors.

This is a large team and you will work with experienced solicitors building a specialism in this area.