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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Attorney

Solicitor (French, atourner, to attorn, or turn over to another). One legally qualified to manage matters in law for others, and to prosecute or defend others, as the case may be. A solicitor is one who solicits or petitions in Courts of Equity on behalf of his clients. At one time solicitors belonged to Courts of Equity, and attorneys to the other courts.

From and after Act 36, 37 Vict. 1xvi. 87, “all persons admitted as solicitors, attorneys, orproctors. ... empowered to practise in any court, the jurisdiction of which is hereby transferred to the High Court of Justice, or the Court of Appeal, shall be called Solicitors of the Supre...e Court.” (1873.)

Power of Attorney.
Legal authority given to another to collect rents, pay wages, invest money, or to act in matters stated in the instrument on your behalf, according to his own judgment. In such cases quod aliquis facit per aliquem, facit per se.
Warrant of Attorney.
The legal instrument which confers on another the “Power of Attorney.”

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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