legal ethics. 1. The minimum standards of appropriate conduct within the legal profession, involving the duties that its members owe one another, their clients, and the courts. — Also termed etiquette of the profession. 2. The study or observance of those duties. 3. The written regulations governing those duties. See MODEL RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT. […]
legal ethics 律师职业道德 指律师的职业行为应符合最低限度的可接受的标准，即在对待当事人、同行和法院的行为方面应遵守相应的义务和惯例。如律师应尽量维护其当事人的利益；应当协助而不是误导法庭；不得同时代理两个利益冲突的当事人；对当事人告诉他的事项应严格保密；不得以广告招揽业务等。英格兰的律师总会〔General Association of the Bar〕和美国的美国律师协会〔American Bar Association〕在规范律师遵守职业道德方面起着重要作用。在美国，大多数州已采用了美国律师协会制定的《模范律师职业行为规则》〔Model Rules of Professional Conduct〕。
professional ethics 职业道德 为某一职业的全体从业人员应普遍遵循、并被有关职业组织采纳为执业规范的行为准则，违反者将受到执业纪律的惩戒。 (→legal ethics)
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unethical, adj. Not in conformity with moral norms or standards of professional conduct. See LEGAL ETHICS.
retainer, n. 1. A client’s authorization for a lawyer to act in a case (the attorney needed an express retainer before making a settlement offer). [Cases: Attorney and Client 64. C.J.S. Attorney and Client §§ 166, 169.] 2. A fee that a client pays to a lawyer simply to be available when the client needs
ethical, adj. 1. Of or relating to moral obligations that one person owes another; esp., in law, of or relating to legal ethics (the ethical rules regarding confidences). See LEGAL ETHICS. 2. In conformity with moral norms or standards of professional conduct (the judge’s recusal was a perfectly ethical act).
moral turpitude. 1. Conduct that is contrary to justice, honesty, or morality. • In the area of legal ethics, offenses involving moral turpitude — such as fraud or breach of trust — traditionally make a person unfit to practice law. — Also termed moral depravity. 2. Military law. Any conduct for which the applicable punishment
etiquette of the profession 职业道德 法律界，尤指律师界全体成员通过相互理解和默契而达成一致的行业准则 。(→Code of Professional Responsibility; legal ethics)
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suspension. 1. The act of temporarily delaying, interrupting, or terminating something (suspension of business operations) (suspension of a statute). 2. The state of such delay, interruption, or termination (corporate transfers were not allowed because of the suspension of business). 3. The temporary deprivation of a person’s powers or privileges, esp. of office or profession; esp.,