plural attorneys
: one who is legally appointed to transact business on another's behalf
especially
: lawyer
Examples of attorney in a Sentence
talked to the count's attorney about buying land from his estate
finished law school and became an attorney
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Power of attorney Power of attorney lets someone else make decisions and access records on your behalf, especially regarding health care and finance.
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
The administration's new tactic involves ICE attorneys asking the immigration judges to toss out asylum claims without hearing them on the merits.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
Among the remedies requested are an order preventing the IRS from categorically excluding dogs from dependent status, the development of new regulatory standards for qualifying companion animals, and reimbursement of attorneys’ fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA).
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the Independence Plaza Neighborhood Council against Olive Park Village MO, LLC in Jackson County Circuit Court Tuesday, according to an attorney for the council.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 23 Dec. 2025
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
The administration's new tactic involves ICE attorneys asking the immigration judges to toss out asylum claims without hearing them on the merits.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
Among the remedies requested are an order preventing the IRS from categorically excluding dogs from dependent status, the development of new regulatory standards for qualifying companion animals, and reimbursement of attorneys’ fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA).
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the Independence Plaza Neighborhood Council against Olive Park Village MO, LLC in Jackson County Circuit Court Tuesday, according to an attorney for the council.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Attorney.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attorney. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.
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attorney
noun
at·tor·ney
ə-ˈtər-nē 
plural attorneys
: a person authorized to act on another's behalf
especially
: lawyer see also attorney-in-fact
Etymology
Anglo-French atorné legal representative, from past participle of atorner to designate, appoint, from Old French, to prepare, arrange see attorn
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