solicitor general

noun

plural solicitors general
: a law officer appointed primarily to assist an attorney general

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The position is currently held by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, who served in the George W. Bush administration and as Texas solicitor general before being elected to the Senate in 2012. Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024 Paul Clement, a former U.S. solicitor general and veteran Supreme Court advocate who was seated next to the Republican state attorney general, represented Oklahoma on Wednesday. Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Oct. 2024 Its solicitor general successfully urged the Supreme Court to reject a lawsuit that had sought to sharply limit access to the drug. Maggie Astor, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2024 John Sauer, a former solicitor general of Missouri, argued on behalf of Trump that there wasn't a law barring that kind of conduct on a plane at the time of the incident, and therefore it shouldn't have been presented to the jury to bolster Carroll's own story. Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for solicitor general 

Word History

First Known Use

1647, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of solicitor general was in 1647

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“Solicitor general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solicitor%20general. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

Legal Definition

solicitor general

noun
plural solicitors general
: a law officer appointed primarily to assist an attorney general
also : a federal law officer responsible for representing the government in court and especially the U.S. Supreme Court

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