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Definition of Solicitor general
1. Noun. A law officer appointed to assist an attorney general.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Solicitor General
Literary usage of Solicitor general
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"Mr. solicitor general Davis, for the United States. Docketed and dismissed, on
motion of Mr. solicitor general Davis for the defendant in error. No. 952. ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Toe M. Lang, solicitor general, for the use of I >ade county, has still unpaid
as insolvent costs, for the term 1917 to 1920, inclusive, the sum of $122.43; ..."
3. Correspondence Concerning Claims Against Great Britain: Transmitted to the by United States Dept. of State (1870)
"Mr. solicitor general. It is this, my lords: "I ask you to give your conclusion
in this ... Mr. solicitor general. I think your lordships will find that, ..."
4. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England by John Campbell Campbell, Joseph Arnould (1881)
"Coke was, very properly, appointed Attorney General; and, out of jealousy, meanly
discouraged the proposal to make Bacon solicitor general,—an appointment ..."
5. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England: From the Norman Conquest Till by John Campbell Campbell (1853)
"Bacon, now member for Middlesex, to show what a valuable solicitor general the
Government had lost, made a very gallant speech, in which he maintained that ..."
6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"... the appeal on behalf of the United Slates being argued by the solicitor-general,
an officer under the control of the attorney-general. ..."
7. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1845)
"Coventry so rapidly got rid of all suspicion of favouring Sir E. Coke, that on
the 14th of March in the following year he was made solicitor general; ..."
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