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# attorney

noun (attorneys)

«attorney» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(old use) a person trusted to act for someone else in law or business; today we would say a lawyer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attorney/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales, the man who looks after another person's affairs and papers, often a lawyer or agent.

### Examples

- The attorney came to the house with the papers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attorney/#x1)
- Neither the scrivener nor the attorney was sent for. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attorney/#x2)
- The attorney counted the gold for the family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attorney/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «attorney» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attorney/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«attorney» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/attorney.html) on Mova free.