Advocaat - Termen voor Advocaat in het Engels

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Barrister - (uit: bar) a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court; distinguished from solicitor.

Solicitor - (uit: Frans voor zorgdragen) (1) a person formerly admitted to practice law in an English court of chancery or equity (2) a person currently admitted to practice law and conduct litigation in any English court including the officers formerly called attorny-at-law and proctor but distinguished from the first in not having the right to plead in open court except in a few minor courts.

Attorny-at-law - (uit: Frans ato(u)rner - regelen, aanwijzen; let op: het Franse attorney komt uit het Engels en dit op zijn beurt weer uit het Oudfrans!) a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute and defend actions in such court on the retainer of clients Advocate - (uit: advocatus,L = bijroepen; in Frans: avócate) Lawyer.

Proctor - (uit: procurato(u)r) one that by profession or by special authorization manages another affairs or conducts proceedings for another in a civil or canon law; an attorney acting in a court of civil or canon law. (Bron: Merriam Webster Third New International Dictionary, unabridged 1961', 1986)

Amsterdam, 30 XI 1994