assigned counsel
An attorney appointed by the court to represent a person, usu. an indigent person. — Also termed court-appointed attorney; court-appointed counsel; appointed counsel. [Cases: Criminal Law 641.7(1); Federal Civil Procedure 1951; Trial 21. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 277–278, 280, 295, 297–299, 307, 318–319; Trial § 94.]