Attorney General

Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Attorney-general

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first ministerial law-officer of a state, 1530s (late 13c. in Anglo-French); see attorney + general (adj.). The word-order is French (subject first, adjective second), hence the eccentric plural, attorneys-general.

Meaning of Attorney General in Spanish

Description/ translation of attorney general into Spanish: (in the law of the United States/ en el derecho de los Estados Unidos) ministro de justicia; (in the law of England and Wales/ en el derecho de Inglaterra y Gales) ministro que tiene a su cargo el Crown Prosecution Service (Ministerio Fiscal o Fiscalía)[1]

Note: for more information on related terms and on the area of law where attorney general belongs (criminal procedure law), in Spanish, see here.

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Translation of Attorney General published by Antonio Peñaranda

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