Attorney General
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In English Law. A great officer, under the king, made by letters patent, whose file bills in the exchequer in any matter concerning the king's revenue. Others may bring bills against the kings' attorney. 3 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 27; Termes de la Ley. In American Law. In each state there is an attorney general, or similar officer, who appears for the people, as in England he appears for the crown.