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pow·er of at·tor·ney
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n. Law
the authority to act for another person in specified or all legal or financial matters.
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a legal document giving such authority to someone.
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 "Professional Builder (1993)")
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Which attorney is right for you?(The Business)
Magazine article from: Professional Builder (1993); 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...practices is the company attorney. While there are attorney who are practicing...specialties, many attorneys now are members of...experience--specifically attorneys familiar with the...Additionally, Ramsey says an attorney should have experience...
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Attorneys & Nonprofit Consultants: Keep Their Communications Confidential
Magazine article from: Nonprofit World; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...tips to assure attorney-client privilege...consultants and attorneys. In response...developed to preclude attorneys from having to...belonged to the attorney but today is...communications with their attorneys. Similarly, an attorney's communication...
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Attorney General Mukasey Appoints Four New Members to Attorney General's Advisory Committee
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 1/3/2008; 700+ words
; ...members of his 2008 Attorney Generals Advisory...United States Attorneys. The Advisory...United States Attorneys" said Attorney General Mukasey...in the U.S. Attorneys Office for the...Assistant U.S. Attorney since 1986. She...
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Attorneys targeted for tax-evasion scrutiny.
Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal; 2/28/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...review of San Diego attorneys is behind much of...the IRS compared attorney listings in phone...the returns of all attorneys," he said. How...48-page audit attorney guide goes into...identified, those attorneys' records can be...determine if the attorney is a non-filer...
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ATTORNEY GENERAL COAKLEY ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENTS TO ADMINISTRATION; EMPHASIZES FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE ENHANCEMENT, HEALTHCARE ISSUES
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/22/2007; 700+ words
; ...issues in this area." Attorney General Coakley is committed...infrastructure in the Attorney General's Office with...management and to provide attorneys with the tools they...Prior to joining the Attorney General's Office...Massachusetts District Attorneys' Association, where...
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ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHCROFT APPOINTS NEW CHAIR TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...as Chair of the Attorney General's Advisory...of United States Attorneys. She will serve...Committee advises the Attorney General and gives the United States Attorneys a key voice in Department...his announcement, Attorney General Ashcroft...
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ATTORNEY GENERAL APPOINTS SIX NEW MEMBERS TO ATTORNEY GENERAL'S 2004 ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 1/8/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...year terms on his 2004 Attorney General's Advisory...Committee of United States Attorneys. The Attorney General's Advisory...for the United States Attorneys in making Department...Battle, United States Attorney, Western District...
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ATTORNEY GENERAL ISSUES OPINION TO STOREY COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/1/2006; 700+ words
; The Nevada Attorney General issued the following...2006-04 DISTRICT ATTORNEYS: Deputy District Attorneys...appointment of deputy district attorneys to perform official...required of the district attorney. NRS 252.070 provides...part: 1. All district attorneys are authorized to appoint...
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Attorney Liability for Tortious Interference: Interference with Contractual Relations or Interference with the Practice of Law?
Magazine article from: The Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...toward increasing attorney liability to third...tort claims against attorneys for conduct that...preserving the ability of attorneys to act fearlessly...unethical for an attorney to bring a frivolous...Article focuses on attorney liability for tortious...with the ability of attorneys ...
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Attorney ads and consumer purchase intentions: the effects of certification claims and sex of source.
Magazine article from: Journal of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...advertisements for attorneys. A sample of 309...independent variables were attorney certification credentials...be included when attorneys advertise their...certification statements in attorney advertisements may...photos show male attorneys. From this situation...would the sex of the ...
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Attorney
Book article from: Genetics
Attorney Attorneys involved with genetics include criminal prosecutors (district attorneys), public defenders, environmental lawyers, family lawyers, and patent attorneys. Genetics is relevant in the areas...
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Confederate Attorneys General
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...by four full time attorneys general —...interim (temporary) attorney general. As a group...position of assistant attorney general under Benjamin...several noted Southern attorneys. Though Keyes directed...himself and for other attorneys general —...the duties of the ...
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District and Prosecuting Attorneys
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...offenses are U.S. attorneys. A district or prosecuting attorney is the legal representative...compensation of prosecuting attorneys. A prosecuting attorney whose term is regulated...power to appoint attorneys to assist the prosecuting attorney in criminal cases...
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Attorney-Client Privilege
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...such privilege. The attorney-client privilege encourages...to disclose to their attorneys all pertinent information...strictly between the attorney and the client, may...exceptions to the attorney-client privilege can...to criminal defense attorneys, who try to keep a...
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Attorney General
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...Justice Department, the attorney general is charged with...of federal laws. The attorney general also supervises...activities of the U.S. attorneys and u.s. marshals...districts. (U.S. attorneys prosecute all offenses...The office of the attorney general was created...
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