picapleitos

Definitions of picapleitos
  1. noun
    a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
    synonyms: abogado, jurista, letrado, procurador, togado
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    examples:
    Abraham Lincoln
    16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
    types:
    abogado defensor
    the lawyer representing the defendant
    fiscal
    a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
    abogado de oficio, abogado de pobres
    a lawyer who represents indigent defendants at public expense
    type of:
    profesional
    a person engaged in one of the learned professions
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