Solicitor

Noun

 * 1) In many common law jurisdictions, a type of lawyer whose traditional role is to offer legal services to clients apart from acting as their advocate in court. A solicitor instructs a barrister to act as an advocate for their client in court, although rights of audience for solicitors vary according to jurisdiction.
 * 2) In English Canada and in parts of Australia, a type of lawyer who historically held the same role as above, but whose role has in modern times been merged with that of a barrister.
 * 3) In parts of the U.S., the chief legal officer of a city, town or other jurisdiction.
 * 4)  A person soliciting sales, especially door to door.

Derived terms

 * solicitor general

Thesaurus
advocate, agent, amicus curiae, applicant, aspirant, attorney, attorney-at-law, ballyhoo man, ballyhooer, barker, barrister, barrister-at-law, bidder, candidate, canvasser, claimant, counsel, counselor, counselor-at-law, deputy, friend at court, intercessor, lawyer, legal adviser, legal counselor, legal expert, legal practitioner, legalist, mouthpiece, petitioner, pitchman, pleader, postulant, proctor, procurator, sea lawyer, seeker, self-styled lawyer, solicitant, spieler, suitor, suppliant, supplicant, tout, touter

Translations

 * Arabic: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: lakimies, ovelta-ovelle myyjä
 * German:, , der nicht vor höheren Gerichten auftritt


 * Icelandic: lögfræðingur (1)(2), málafærslumaður  (2), dyrasölumaður  (4), sölumaður  (4)
 * Japanese: 事務弁護士 (jimu bengoshi) British, 勧誘員 (kan'yūin) US
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish: ,