attorney general
noun
plural attorneys general or attorney generals
: the chief law officer of a nation or state who represents the government in litigation and serves as its principal legal adviser
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Additionally, the attorney general and members of his office have had no role and no knowledge of these allegations until her public statements.
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Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
On Thursday, for example, a Department of Justice lawyer denied the administration was not abiding by the court’s rulings in one of the two cases challenging the government’s spending freezes, this one brought by a coalition of state attorneys general.
—Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 10 Feb. 2025
But the back-to-back actions by the attorneys general caught the attention of lawyers for Trump and other conservative groups, who took similar tacks.
—New York Times, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
Currently, there is one lawsuit against the CIF and the state's attorney general, Rob Bonta, over a situation at Martin Luther King High School involving a trans athlete on the girls' cross-country team.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
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Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
On Thursday, for example, a Department of Justice lawyer denied the administration was not abiding by the court’s rulings in one of the two cases challenging the government’s spending freezes, this one brought by a coalition of state attorneys general.
—Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 10 Feb. 2025
But the back-to-back actions by the attorneys general caught the attention of lawyers for Trump and other conservative groups, who took similar tacks.
—New York Times, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
Currently, there is one lawsuit against the CIF and the state's attorney general, Rob Bonta, over a situation at Martin Luther King High School involving a trans athlete on the girls' cross-country team.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Attorney general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attorney%20general. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.
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