solicitor(s) general

solicitor(s) general definition - legal

n

The number-two legal officer in a government, outranked only by the Attorney General. Especially the chief trial attorney for the executive branch of the government.

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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