Client

A person who employs or retains an attorney, solicitor, proctor or counsellor, to appear for him in courts; advise, assist and defend him in legal proceedings; and to act for him in any legal business. Client is entirely a relative term, and is obviously derived from the Lat. aliens, (q. v.) It seems to be essentially a French word, and is thus used by Britton: Ut come ascun 9oit issifait attome, mes ne se p'ra repenter pendaunt la p*ole, sauns la volunte son client; and where one has been thus made an attorney, he may not afterwards repent or withdraw during the plea, without the consent of his client. Britt. c.

126.