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Webster 1913 Edition
Solicitor
So-lic′it-or
,Noun.
[F.
solliciteur
, L. sollicitator
.] 1.
One who solicits.
2.
(Law)
(a)
An attorney or advocate; one who represents another in court; – formerly, in English practice, the professional designation of a person admitted to practice in a court of chancery or equity. See the Note under
Attorney
. (b)
The law officer of a city, town, department, or government;
as, the city
solicitor
; the solicitor
of the treasury.Webster 1828 Edition
Solicitor
SOLIC'ITOR
, n.1.
One who asks with earnestness; one that asks for another.2.
An attorney, advocate or counselor at law who is authorized to practice in the English court or chancery. In America, an advocate or counselor at law, who, like the attorney general or state's attorney, prosecutes actions for the state.