legal representative
Court-appointed counsel person
A legal representative is someone authorized to act on another's behalf in legal matters.
This may be a lawyer handling a case, an executor managing a deceased person's estate, or a guardian making decisions for a minor or incapacitated person.
The court appointed a legal representative for the child.
The term covers anyone with formal authority to bind another legally.
Licensed legal representative
- solicitorDocument-drafting legal professional
- barristerUK courtroom advocate
- counselExpert guidance offered
- counselorOne who advises
litigator · advocate · defender · prosecutor · jurist · attorney-at-law · notary · public defender
One who acts independently
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- surrogateOne acting for another
- assigneeRecipient of transferred rights
- trusteeOne managing another's assets
executor · guardian · conservator · power of attorney · fiduciary · appointee · nominee · stand-in
Top competitor, or advocate
- defenderOne who guards another
- spokespersonAuthorized representative communicator
- intercessorOne who advocates for another
- protectorOne who safeguards others
lobbyist · supporter · proponent · patron · mediator · ombudsman · rights advocate · victim advocate
Legal dispute process
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- proceedingsSequence of formal events
testimony · evidence · deposition · subpoena · cross-examination · verdict · appeal · plaintiff
lawyer
Licensed legal representative
- solicitorDocument-drafting legal professional
- barristerUK courtroom advocate
- counselExpert guidance offered
counselor · litigator · advocate · defender · prosecutor · jurist · attorney-at-law · notary · public defender · trial lawyer
agent
One who acts independently
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- surrogateOne acting for another
- assigneeRecipient of transferred rights
trustee · executor · guardian · conservator · power of attorney · fiduciary · appointee · nominee · stand-in · substitute
champion
Top competitor, or advocate
- defenderOne who guards another
- spokespersonAuthorized representative communicator
- intercessorOne who advocates for another
protector · lobbyist · supporter · proponent · patron · mediator · ombudsman · rights advocate · victim advocate · child advocate
litigation
Legal dispute process
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
proceedings · testimony · evidence · deposition · subpoena · cross-examination · verdict · appeal · plaintiff · defendant
- legal professionalslawyer, attorney, barrister, solicitor, counsel
- legal statuscivil status, personhood, capacity to act, incapacity, citizenship
- agency lawagent, principal-agent, agency contract, power of attorney, proxy
- guardianship lawconservatorship, ward of court, mental capacity, mental incapacity, competency
- litigation partiesparties, plaintiffs, defendants, litigants, petitioners
- insolvency professionalsliquidator, administrator, bankruptcy attorney, bankruptcy lawyer, bankruptcy judge
legal representativeprincipal
Chief school administrator
client · oneself · beneficiary · ward
legal, illegal, legally, representative, legislation, illegally, legality, legislature, legislator