In many common law jurisdictions, a type of lawyer whose traditional role is to offer legal services to clients apart from acting as their advocate in court. A solicitor instructs a barrister to act as an advocate for their client in court, although rights of audience for solicitors vary according to jurisdiction.
In English Canada and in parts of Australia, a type of lawyer who historically held the same role as above, but whose role has in modern times been merged with that of a barrister.
In parts of the U.S., the chief legal officer of a city, town or other jurisdiction.
(US, law) an inchoate offense that consists of a person offering money or inducing another to commit a crime with the specific intent that the person solicited commit the crime
“After having sent the application request to NATO, each solicitant will receive request confirmation, which is advisable to be presented when picking up the media passes at the Media Accreditation Office.”
“Solicitant, one who, abusing the privacy of the confessional, tempts women to a violation of chastity.”
“If, at some point, there are too many solicitants, customers can wait in a virtual queue.”
“But delicate as it was, it was this connection between solicitants and a bundle of papers somewhere in the IBR system that made landownership official.”
“The communication between the medium and the human solicitants, described by both the medium and Pu, was conducted through informal yet polite conversation.”
