Attorney
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, searchAttorney may refer to:
- Attorney at law Attorney at law or attorney-at-law, usually abbreviated in everyday speech to attorney, is the official name for a lawyer in certain jurisdictions, including, Japan, Sri Lanka and the United States, a lawyer in some countries
- Attorney general In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions, the principal legal adviser to a government
- Attorney-in-fact A power of attorney or letter of attorney in common law systems or mandate in civil law systems is an authorization to act on someone else's behalf in a legal or business matter. The person authorizing the other to act is the principal, granter or donor (of the power), and the one authorized to act is the agent, the attorney-in-fact, or in many, a person authorised to act on someone else's behalf in a legal or business matter by a power of attorney
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