attorneys general
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Attorneys general is the plural of attorney general—the chief legal officer of a government.
The unusual placement follows the French pattern where the noun comes first and the modifier follows, so the noun takes the plural: Three state attorneys general filed a joint lawsuit.
The alternative pluralization attorney generals, though widely used, is considered less formal.
- constitutionalityAccordance with founding charter
- AGGerman public firm
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- solicitorDocument-drafting legal professional
- legal opinionsFormal court reasoning documents
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- political figurespolitician, president, presidents, vice president, vice presidents
- federal employeesfederal employees, FBI agent, federal workers, CIA agent, civil servants
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- appointmentsappointment, appointees, booking, nominations, nominees
- legal entitiescorporation, law firm, LLC, company, nonprofit
- lawyer groupsbar associations, bar association, law society, Inns of Court, professional guilds
attorneys generalpublic defenders
Lawyers provided to those who cannot afford representation
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