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business contact, buyer of labor, cliens, consultor, consumer, customer, employer of legal advice, hirer, offerer, patron, patron of professional servies, patronizer, person employing advice, person represented, person represented by counsel, purchaser, retainer of counsel
associated concepts: attorney-client privilege, attorney-client relationship
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consumer, customer, patron (regular customer)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.An individual or organization that employs a professional to provide that professional’s services; someone who employs an attorney to represent him or her in court, to draft legal documents, to advise, or to provide other legal services.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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n. One to whom a lawyer formally renders legal advice, pursuant to an oral or written agreement for such advice to be given; any individual to whom a lawyer provides advice about legal matters.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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A person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal business; to assist, to counsel, and to defend the individual in legal proceedings; and to appear on his or her behalf in court.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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A person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal business; to assist, to counsel, and to defend the individual in legal proceedings; and to appear on his or her behalf in court.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.