legal representative

English

legal representative (plural legal representatives)

(law) A lawyer, solicitor, etc, who acts on behalf of a client in legal matters.
(law) One who represents or acts on behalf of another under authority recognised by law, such as a parent or guardian of a minor, a manager of a legal person, etc.
- 2013 October 1, “German Civil Code BGB”, in Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz‎, Berlin: Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz, retrieved 2019-05-16:
  A person who is not capable of contracting or who has limited capacity to contract can neither establish nor terminate residence without the consent of his legal representative.

lawyer who acts on behalf of a client

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Finnish: asianajaja (fi), asiamies (fi), oikeudenkäyntiavustaja (fi), oikeudenkäyntiasiamies
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German: rechtliche Vertretung f, Rechtsbeistand m
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one who represents another

“legal representative”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“legal representative”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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