attorney general
noun
plural attorneys general or attorney generals
: the chief law officer of a nation or state who represents the government in litigation and serves as its principal legal adviser
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The legislation would terminate the current attorney general’s term on the day the bill is signed into law, and his successor would not need Senate confirmation.
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Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
Lawyers for the state attorney general’s office argued that troops had performed police functions by setting up security perimeters and detaining at least two people.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
More than 21 Republican states and attorneys general have joined the DeSantis administration’s efforts to keep the lights on at Alligator Alcatraz after a district judge ordered the state to wind down operations and stopped new detainees from being held at the detention facility.
—Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Also from Pine Bluff, Humphrey has been a pastor at Allison Memorial Presbyterian Church for 41 years and served as the sixth judicial district circuit judge from 1992 to 2010 and was also an assistant attorney general.
—Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2025
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Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
Lawyers for the state attorney general’s office argued that troops had performed police functions by setting up security perimeters and detaining at least two people.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
More than 21 Republican states and attorneys general have joined the DeSantis administration’s efforts to keep the lights on at Alligator Alcatraz after a district judge ordered the state to wind down operations and stopped new detainees from being held at the detention facility.
—Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Also from Pine Bluff, Humphrey has been a pastor at Allison Memorial Presbyterian Church for 41 years and served as the sixth judicial district circuit judge from 1992 to 2010 and was also an assistant attorney general.
—Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Attorney general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attorney%20general. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.
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