English
Noun
attorney general (plural attorneys general or attorney generals)
- A major government officer throughout the English-speaking world, generally responsible for interpreting the law for the head of government and executive department and functioning as chief prosecutor, with the ability to bring civil and criminal actions directly.
- Janet Reno was US Attorney General under Bill Clinton.
Related terms
Translations
major government officer
- Arabic: نَائِب عَامّ m (nāʾib ʿāmm)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 司法部長, 司法部长 (sīfǎ bùzhǎng)
- Finnish: oikeuskansleri (chief legal advisor to govt), valtakunnansyyttäjä (fi) (chief prosecutor)
- Georgian: იუსტიციის მინისტრი (iusṭiciis minisṭri), გენერალური პროკურორი (generaluri ṗroḳurori)
- German: Generalstaatsanwalt m
- Hebrew: תובע כללי m, תובעת כללית f
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- Irish: Ard-Aighne m
- Maori: rōia matua
- Polish: prokurator generalny m (chief prosecutor)
- Russian: мини́стр юсти́ции m (minístr justícii), генера́льный прокуро́р (ru) m (generálʹnyj prokurór)
- Swedish: kronjurist c (England and Wales), justitieminister (sv) c (USA)
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