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Lawyer

What is this job like? People and companies hire lawyers to give them advice and to tell them what they can and can't do under the law. Sometimes, they hire lawyers to take their side in…

The Street Lawyer

Author:John Grisham Publisher:Doubleday America's favorite courtroom writer reportedly hung with D.C. street people to get firsthand insight into homelessness for this novel about a yuppie…

Brewer's: Lawyer's Bags

Some red, some blue. In the Common Law, red bags are reserved for Q.C.'s and Sergeants; but a stuff-gownsman may carry one “if presented with it by a silk.” Only red bags may be taken into…

Brewer's: Penang Lawyers

Clubs. Penang sticks come from Penang, or the Prince of Wales Island, in the Malaccas. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894PenatesPen and Feather A B C D E…

Thomas LAWYER, Congress, NY (1785-1868)

LAWYER Thomas , a Representative from New York; born in Schoharie, N.Y., October 14, 1785; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Schoharie County; member of the State house of…

bar, the

(Encyclopedia) bar, the, originally, the rail that enclosed the judge in a court; hence, a court or a system of courts. The persons qualified and authorized to conduct the trial of cases are also…

Harrison, Benjamin, President of the United States

(Encyclopedia) Harrison, Benjamin, 1833–1901, 23d President of the United States (1889–93), b. North Bend, Ohio, grad. Miami Univ. (Ohio), 1852; grandson of William Henry Harrison. After reading law…

Carlos the Jackal

(Encyclopedia) Carlos the Jackal, pseud. of the revolutionary and international terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, 1949–, b. Caracas, Venezuela. Son of an affluent Marxist lawyer, he joined the…