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adj.Not professional or expert in a particular field; nonecclesi-astical or nonclergy.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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Nonprofessional, such as a lay witness who is not a recognized expert in the area that is the subject of the person's testimony. That which relates to persons or entities not clerical or ecclesiastical; a person not in ecclesiastical orders. To present the formal declarations by the parties of their respective claims and defenses in pleadings. A share of the profits of a fishing or whaling voyage, allotted to the officers and seamen, in the nature of wages.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
- lay
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Nonprofessional, such as a lay witness who is not a recognized expert in the area that is the subject of the person's testimony. That which relates to persons or entities not clerical or ecclesiastical; a person not in ecclesiastical orders. To present the formal declarations by the parties of their respective claims and defenses in pleadings. A share of the profits of a fishing or whaling voyage, allotted to the officers and seamen, in the nature of wages.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.