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• 'Where does he work?' — 'I think he's still at the solicitors.'From the entry at
• The roll of solicitors contains the names of all admitted solicitors of a jurisdiction.From the entry roll
• The newspaper is accused of blagging details of the prime minister’s flat purchase from his solicitors.From the entry blag
• If you're not careful, I'm going to instruct a solicitor over this.From the entry instruct
• She received a cease-and-desist from his solicitors soon after the podcast.From the entry cease and desist
• This firm of solicitors is involved in family law practice.From the entry practice
• She gave the deeds over to the solicitor.From the entry give over
• You really should seek advice from a practising solicitor.From the entry practising
• A respectably attired solicitor came to read the will.From the entry respectably
• I hung a "no solicitors" sign by my door. One of these days, I hope they'll get the picture and quit ringing the bell.From the entry get the picture
• The solicitor tried every trick in the book to get me to sign the contract, but I wasn't having any of it!From the entry every trick in the book
• As for Father, it was unlikely he would have given his solicitor instructions to telegramme her.2016, Tinnean, “Warrick”, in Destiny’s End, [Petersburg, Va.]: JMS Books LLC, →ISBN, page 96. From the entry telegramme
• Brian and I went to the solicitors' office and ran over the case again.1996, Ewan Wilson, Dogfight: The Inside Story of the Kiwi Airlines Collapse, →ISBN. From the entry Berocca
• A solicitor (attorney) usually charges six shillings and eightpence, or colloquially speaking, six and eight.1946, C[ecil] V[incent] R[aymond] Thompson, chapter 3, in How to Like an Englishman, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →OCLC, pages 50–51. From the entry titfer
• An English lawyer, whether barrister or solicitor, never has an office, but always chambers.[1945, H. L. Mencken, The American Language, supplement 1, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →OCLC, page 503. From the entry office
• But the solicitor calmed her by degrees, and so litigation began.1903, The Royal Magazine, page 444. From the entry wilkinsonite
• The board met at the Dursley solicitors' offices of Messrs.1956 September, 'Precursor', “The Dursley & Midland Junction Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 599. From the entry Bloxsome
• Thus, the solicitor has little chance for skullduggery.1937 June, R. B. Sullivan, “Education via the Two-pay”, in Arnold Gingrich, editor, Esquire: The Magazine for Men, volume VII, number 6…. From the entry skullduggery
• “No, Cynthia is a protégée of my mother’s, the daughter of an old schoolfellow of hers, who married a rascally solicitor.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 8. From the entry come a cropper
• Right, and no, because the solicitor has told her that Walter's legs didn't look too clever, which, apparently, everyone's putting down to a fall, thankfully.2019, Neil Forsyth, 30:07 from the start, in Guilt, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Jake McCall (Jamie Sives). From the entry clever
• This multilingual grunter would fit right in, as red, white and blue as a telephone solicitor hyping penny stocks to shutin geriatrics.2010, Stephen Coonts, The Red Horseman, →ISBN. From the entry red, white and blue
• He could be exposed to legions of unattached, macro skirted, skorted and generally leggy, attractive, professional accountants, doctors, solicitors, barristers etc, etc.2009, Penny Isaacs, Sarah Lockett, The Dish, page 89. From the entry skorted
• Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, who had sought to save Chevron during hours of argument in January, looks slightly glum in her seat at the counsel tables.2024 June 28, Mark Walsh, “Consider the wild gray squirrel, Kagan rebukes her colleagues as court overrules Chevron”, in SCOTUSblog. From the entry glum
• If this simpler procedure were adopted in a defended case the cost would be about 29l. if counsel were employed, and about 27l. if no counsel or solicitor were employed.1910 March 29, “Royal Commission on Divorce and Matrimonial Causes”, in Reports from Commissioners, Inspectors, and Others, volume 18…. From the entry defended

Meaning of solicitor

1. noun A lawyer offering most legal services to clients apart from representation in court, for which the lawyer typically solicits and instructs a barrister instead, although rights of audience vary by jurisdiction.
2. noun A lawyer now performing both the role of a traditional solicitor and that of a barrister.
3. noun The chief legal officer of a city, town, or similar jurisdiction in some American states.

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Questions about solicitor in a sentence

How do you use solicitor in a sentence?

Solicitor is used as a noun. For example: “Traditional solicitors are still found in the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, and parts of Australia.”

What is a short sentence with solicitor?

“She gave the deeds over to the solicitor.”

What does solicitor mean?

Solicitor means a lawyer offering most legal services to clients apart from representation in court, for which the lawyer typically solicits and instructs a barrister instead, although rights of audience vary by jurisdiction.