Definitions for attorney general
at·tor·ney gen·er·al

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1. attorney generalnoun

   the chief law officer of a country or state

2. Attorney General, United States Attorney General, US Attorney Generalnoun

   the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department

   "Edmund Randolph was the first Attorney General, appointed by President Washington"

3. Attorney General, Attorney General of the United Statesnoun

   the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States

   "the post of Attorney General was created in 1789"

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1. attorney generalnoun

   A major government officer throughout the English-speaking world, generally responsible for interpreting the law for the head of government and executive department and functioning as chief prosecutor, with the ability to bring civil and criminal actions directly.

2. Etymology: /, (modern French avocat général), hence the unusual order of adjective following now, instead of idiomatic English *general attorney. Compare court martial, notary public, secretary general, surgeon general.

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1. attorney general

   The Attorney General is the chief legal officer in a government, country, or state, in charge of managing legal affairs and providing legal advice to the government. They represent their government in legal matters and may also prosecute cases. The specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on the legal system of the specific country or state.

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1. Attorney general

   In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions. The term is used to refer to any person who holds a general power of attorney to represent a principal in all matters. In the common law tradition, anyone who represents the state, especially in criminal prosecutions, is such an attorney. Although a government may designate some official as the permanent attorney general, anyone who comes to represent the state in the same way is referred to as such, even if only for a particular case.

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1. • Law
   • Lawman
   • Secretary
   • Secretaryship

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of attorney general in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of attorney general in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of attorney general in a Sentence

1. Ken Paxton:

   This case is about abusing the power of the subpoena to force Exxon to turn over many decades’ worth of records, so an attorney general with an agenda can pore over them in hopes of finding something incriminating, [It] ... represents an effort to punish Exxon for daring to hold an opinion on climate change that differs from that of radical environmentalists.

2. Kosolwat Intujanyong:

   The attorney general submitted charges against Boonsong Teriyapirom and a total of 21 people. We present them as suspects for the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Political Office Holders.

3. General Daniel Cameron:

   I think, for far too long, Black Democrats have tried to ask folks that look like me to vote in one specific way, and if you don't, and if you express a difference of opinion or thought, then they recoil at that, and they give you a lot of grief on Twitter and other social media platforms, but I hope what I've demonstrated, whether in my time as running for attorney general and winning that race, or even now as I run for governor, is that here in Kentucky we don't care what you look like, we care about your values.

4. Merrick Garland:

   Look the job of Biden Justice Department in making decisions of law is not is not to back any administration, previous or present... And the essence of the rule of law is what I said when I accepted the nomination for attorney general, it is that like cases be treated alike, that there not the one rule for Democrats and another for Republicans, that there not be one rule for friends and another for foes.

5. Brian Vicente:

   I think it shows they are on the wrong side of history, colorado voters passed this measure, and more and more states are passing these laws. If the attorney general has a problem with how federal laws are being enforced he should bring that up with the U.S. attorney.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=attorney general
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Attorney_General
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=attorney general