Attorney-general

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Attorney-general \At*tor"ney-gen"er*al\, n.; (pl.
     Attorney-generals or Attorneys-general). (Law)
     The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all
     litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and
     to advise this supreme executive whenever required.
     --Wharton.


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