solicitor general

noun

, plural solicitors general.

a law officer who maintains the rights of the state in suits affecting the public interest, next in rank to the attorney general.
the chief legal officer in some states.
(initial capital letters) the law officer of the U.S. government next below the Attorney General, having charge of appeals, as to the Supreme Court.

Solicitor General

(in Britain) the law officer of the Crown ranking next to the Attorney General (in Scotland to the Lord Advocate) and acting as his assistant
(in New Zealand) the government's chief lawyer: head of the Crown Law Office and prosecutor for the Crown

First recorded in 1525–35

Olson was later successfully nominated for the post of Solicitor General by Bush in 2001.

Justice Elena Kagan was recused from the case because she participated in the suit as solicitor general.

Studies show that, in the past, the solicitor general won approximately 70 percent of its cases in the Supreme Court.

Furthermore, Elena Kagan is sitting this case out because she worked on it as solicitor general.

Kagan had already recused herself from many Supreme Court cases because of her involvement in them as solicitor general.

The following year found Campbell solicitor-general, a knight and member for Dudley, which he represented till 1834.

Ministers had acted on the opinion of the attorney and solicitor-general, and they now defended that opinion.

Sir William Follett, the solicitor-general, followed on the same side as the latter.

Mr. Perrin was named attorney-general, and Mr. O'Loghlin, solicitor-general.

Encouraged by hunt of last night turn again upon Solicitor-General.

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