Solicitor-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 law officer of the crown, appointed by patent during the royal pleasure, and who assists the attorney general in managing the law business of the crown.
Selden, 1. 6. 7.
He is first in right of preaudience.
3 BL Comm. 28, n. (a), n. 9; Enc. Brit.