professional lawyer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprofessionalandlawyer
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professional
adjective
uk/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/us/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/
relating to work that needs special training ...
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lawyer
noun[C]
uk/ˈlɔɪ.ər/us/ˈlɔɪ.jɚ/
someone whose job is to give advice to people about the law and speak for them ...
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(Definition ofprofessionalandlawyerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Maybe the clerk to the justices did not want to be hampered by the services of aprofessionallawyer.
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The in-houseprofessionallawyerdoes not make the commercial policy of the company.
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He gave explanations that were understandable, which had he been aprofessionallawyerwould, no doubt, not have been quite so clear.
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I think that he is not so much a party politician as a rather decentprofessionallawyer.
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This is a case, not of a natural lawyer, but of aprofessionallawyer, a sheriff.
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There may be a very good reason why someone does not wish to have legal representation through aprofessionallawyer.
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It suggests that aprofessionallawyeremployed by the defence service will be disciplined by his own profession and by the defence service itself.
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He is aprofessionallawyerwho writes books.
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It is a complicated matter, tiresome even for aprofessionallawyer.
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The fear is often an inarticulate fear of theprofessionallawyeras an indifferent and alien establishment figure.
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There may be reasons why, for example, aprofessionallawyermay not serve on a jury because he may have a connection with cases.
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The commission is also in the process of recruitingprofessionallawyerheads for each salaried service.
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I do not say that to them as aprofessionallawyer, but experience of life suggests that.
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I defy anybody who is not aprofessionallawyerto read through clause 2 and understand what each subsection means.
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A county court judge is aprofessionallawyer.
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These regulations are very difficult even for aprofessionallawyerto understand.
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He was also aprofessionallawyer.
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