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paralegal definition - legal

n

A person not licensed to practice law, who assists a lawyer in a variety of tasks associated with a law office.

adj

As in “The assistant performed paralegal activities.”

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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