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attorney general
noun
plural
attorneys general, attorney generalsthe chief law officer of a country or state and head of its legal department. att. gen.
Attorney General, the head of the U.S. Department of Justice: a member of the president's cabinet. Atty. Gen.
Attorney General
1noun
(in the United Kingdom except Scotland) the senior law officer and chief legal counsel of the Crown: a member of the government and of the House of Commons
(in the US) the chief law officer and legal adviser to the Administration: head of the Department of Justice and member of the cabinet
(in Australia and New Zealand) the chief government law officer: a member of Parliament and usually a cabinet minister
attorney general
2noun
a country's chief law officer and senior legal adviser to its government
(in the US) the chief law officer and legal adviser of a state government
(in some states of the US) a public prosecutor
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of attorney general1
Example Sentences
“There is not a First Amendment right to physically obstruct law enforcement officers from executing a duly issued warrant,” said Harmeet Dhillon, the U.S. assistant attorney general for civil rights.
Gen. Rob Bonta, who filed the petition alongside the attorneys general of Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey.
The attorney general also has a mandate to review and report on conditions of confinement, which it has yet to do.
The government is also facing calls to "urgently" recognise the state of Palestine - including from Conservative MP and former attorney general Sir Jeremy Wright.
The attorney general has said he regrets "clumsy" remarks in which he compared calls for the UK to depart from international law and arguments made in 1930s Germany.
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