The professional work of a duly licensed lawyer, encompassing a broad range of services such as conducting cases in court, preparing papers necessary to bring about various transactions from conveying land to effecting corporate mergers, preparing legal opinions on various points of law, drafting wills and other estate-planning documents, and advising clients on legal questions.
• The term also includes activities that comparatively few lawyers engage in but that require legal expertise, such as drafting legislation and court rules.
— Also termed legal practice. Cf. LAW PRACTICE. [Cases: Attorney and Client 11. C.J.S. Attorney and Client § 30.]
译者Lester，毕业于法国一流的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与
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