SOLICITO

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  SOLICITOR. A person whose business is to be employed in the care and 
  management of suits depending in courts of chancery. 
       2. A solicitor, like an attorney, (q.v.) will be required to act with 
  perfect good faith towards his clients. He must conform to the authority 
  given him. It is said that to institute a suit he must have a special 
  authority, although a general authority will be sufficient to defend one. 


  The want of a written authority, may subject him to the expenses incurred in 
  a suit. 3 Mer. R. 12; Hov, Fr. ch. 2, p. 28 to 61. Vide 1 Phil. Ev. 102; 19 
  Vin. Ab. 482; 7 Com. ]big. 357; 8 Com. Dig. 985; 2 Chit. Pr. 2. See Attorney 
  at law; Counsellor at law; Proctor.