Retainer
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
The payment by an executor of a debt due him from the estate, in preference to other debts of equal degree. The engagement of counsel by a party or attorney. A pre Hminary fee or honorarium.