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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.