ATTORNEY GENERAL Definition & Meaning

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attorney general

noun

plural attorneys general, attorney generals.

the 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

noun

(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

noun

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

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Origin of attorney general¹

First recorded in 1575–85

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The cases also involve attorneys general from more than 40 states, who claim that the design of the platforms caused harm to children.

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Before she became vice president, Harris served as the San Francisco district attorney and California’s attorney general, and also in 2016 was elected to the U.S.

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“My fellow attorneys general and I are taking him to court because this Executive Order is nothing but a blatantly illegal power grab and an attempt to disenfranchise voters,” California Atty.

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Not a single case was filed in Austin, where the attorney general’s office is but where a lawsuit had only a 50-50 chance of drawing a Republican judge.

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That other charity, the Arcadia Firefighters Foundation, is in “delinquent status” with the state attorney general’s office and also barred from accepting donations due to lapsed registration, according to publicly available filings.

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