public-defender

public defender

noun
a lawyer appointed or elected by a city or county as a full-time, official defender to represent indigents in criminal cases at public expense.

Origin:
1915–20

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public defender
 
—n
(in the US) a lawyer engaged at public expense to represent indigent defendants

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public defender definition


An attorney who is appointed and paid by a court to defend poor persons who cannot afford a lawyer.

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