legal assistant

collocation in English

meaningsoflegalandassistant

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legal
adjective
uk
/ˈliː.ɡəl/us
/ˈliː.ɡəl/
connected with ...
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assistant
noun[C]
uk
/əˈsɪs.tənt/us
/əˈsɪs.tənt/
someone who helps someone else to do ...
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(Definition oflegalandassistantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflegal assistant

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The staff so transferred consists of one seniorlegalassistantand three clerks.
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The list also includes one seniorlegalassistantand four principals.
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In both cases the officer designated was in the grade of seniorlegalassistant.
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One higher executive officer and one clerical officer are engaged full-time in handling claims and a principal,legalassistantand executive officer spend part of their time on this work.
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Authority is given for the appointment of an additional deputy assistant registrar and an additionallegalassistant.
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Advisers present were two assistant secretaries responsible for finance and rail freight; three principals responsible for rail freight, road freight and rail passenger services; and one seniorlegalassistant.
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Aslegalassistanthe helped acquire land for several new national parks in the east.
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Throughout his legal career, he has published legal articles and presented numerous continuing legal education seminars to bar associations, adjustor associations andlegalassistantassociations.
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He has spent his entire legal career in the justice system, first appointed as alegalassistantin 1955.
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Fees, which are charges for attorney andlegalassistanttime, are coded with task and activity codes.
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I would give him two or three legal assistants.
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Members of local authorities more than ever depend upon the advice of their legal assistants and their financial officers.
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All these legal assistants are directly involved in prosecutions in court.
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There is also a third, general fraud division, headed by an assistant director (grade 5) and having four senior legal assistants assigned to it.
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It does not require an army of lawyers and legal assistants to make the calculations.
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The law lords in the present day are discharging much the same functions as their predecessors, the legal assistants, discharged in a previous age.
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In this case the acting chief commissioner, nine other commissioners and four legal assistants did not consider that the case should be reported.
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In some areas, the schemes teach certain skills that are a legal requirement (special positions in a bank, legal assistants).
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Night-time volunteers are solicitors and legal assistants who attend appointments and give legal advice.
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In some areas, the apprenticeship scheme teaches skills that are required by law, including certain positions in a bank or those as legal assistants.
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