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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ATTORNEY-GENERAL

At *tor "ney-gen "er *al, n.; (pl. Attorney-generals or Attorneys- general ). (Law )

 

Defn: The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required. Wharton.