solicitorとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• solicitour (obsolete)

語源

From Middle French soliciteur. By surface analysis, solicit +‎ -or.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /səˈlɪsɪtɚ/
• (英国発音) IPA: /səˈlɪsɪtə/, (contracted) /səˈlɪstə/
• ハイフネーション: so‧li‧ci‧tor

名詞

solicitor (plural solicitors)

1. One who solicits, particularly:
   1. A lawyer offering most legal services to clients apart from representation in court, for which the lawyer typically solicits and instructs a barrister instead, although rights of audience vary by jurisdiction.
      • 1999 September 12, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Dead Man's Eleven”, in Midsomer Murders:

        Stephen Cavendish: I'm not going to say any more until I've spoken to my solicitor.
        DCI Tom Barnaby: That might be a good idea, sir.

      Synonym: transactional attorney

      Traditional solicitors are still found in the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, and parts of Australia.

   2. (Canada, Australia) A lawyer now performing both the role of a traditional solicitor and that of a barrister.
   3. (US) The chief legal officer of a city, town, or similar jurisdiction in some American states.
   4. A customer, a requester of goods and services, especially johns, the clients of prostitutes.
      • 2014, K. Stanton, Shakespeare's 'Whores': Erotics, Politics, and Poetics:

        […] sex workers are regarded as born to be punished; the solicitors of their services are not.

   5. (Canada, US) A door-to-door salesperson, a person soliciting sales by visiting others' houses.

      Did you see the sign that says 'No Solicitors'?

   6. (archaic) An agent or proxy in other contexts, especially a petitioner, an intercessor, a go-between.
      • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones:

        “I beg, Mr Allworthy,” answered Sophia, “you will not insist on my reasons;— […] Your nephew, sir, hath many virtues—he hath great virtues, Mr Allworthy. I question not but he will do you honour in the world, and make you happy.”—“I wish I could make him so, madam,” replied Allworthy; “but that I am convinced is only in your power. It is that conviction which hath made me so earnest a solicitor in his favour.”

   7. (obsolete) A catalyst, a thing prompting some action or behavior.
   8. (obsolete) A tempter, an inciter.
   9. (rare, obsolete) A military recruiter.

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