lawyer

Roget category 968

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.4. Moral affections
›› 6.4.5. Moral institutions

#968. Lawyer

noun

lawyer, attorney, legal counsel — counsel, counsellor, counsellor at law, attorney at law — jurist, legist^†, civilian, pundit, publicist, juris consult [Lat.], legal adviser, advocate — barrister, barrister at law — King's or Queen's counsel — K.
C. — Q.
C. — silk gown, leader, sergeant-at-law, bencher — tubman^†, judge etc. 967.
bar, legal profession, bar association, association of trial lawyers — officer of the court — gentleman of the long robe — junior bar, outer bar, inner bar — equity draftsman, conveyancer, pleader, special pleader.
solicitor, proctor — notary, notary public — scrivener, cursitor^† — writer, writer to the signet — S.
S.C. — limb of the law — pettifogger — vakil^†.
legal beagle [Coll.].
[persons accessory to lawyers] legal secretary — legal assistant — law student.

verb

practice law, practice at the bar, practice within the bar — plead — call to the bar, be called to the bar, be called within the bar — take silk — take to the law.
give legal counsel, provide legal counsel.

adjective

learned in the law — at the bar — forensic — esquire, esquired.

phrase

banco regis [Lat.].

The content on this page comes straight from Project Gutenberg Etext of Roget's Thesaurus No. Two, which consists of the acclaimed work by Peter Mark Roget augmented with more recent material. Some changes were made to the formatting for improved readability.

Bold numbers signify related Roget categories. A dagger symbol (†) indicates archaic words and expressions no longer in common use.

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