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Attorney
Attorney At*tor"ney, v. t.
To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy. [Obs.] --Shak.
Attorney-general
Attorney-general At*tor"ney-gen"er*al, n.; (pl.
Attorney-generals or Attorneys-general). (Law)
The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all
litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and
to advise this supreme executive whenever required.
--Wharton.
Attorneyism
Attorneyism At*tor"ney*ism, n.
The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys.
Attorneyship
Attorneyship At*tor"ney*ship, n.
The office or profession of an attorney; agency for another.
--Shak.
District attorneyDistrict Dis"trict, n. [LL. districtus district, fr. L.
districtus, p. p. of distringere: cf. F. district. See
Distrain.]
1. (Feudal Law) The territory within which the lord has the
power of coercing and punishing.
2. A division of territory; a defined portion of a state,
town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral,
or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial
district, land district, school district, etc.
To exercise exclusive legislation . . . over such
district not exceeding ten miles square. --The
Constitution
of the United
States.
3. Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a
country; a tract.
These districts which between the tropics lie.
--Blackstone.
Congressional district. See under Congressional.
District attorney, the prosecuting officer of a district or
district court.
District court, a subordinate municipal, state, or United
States tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases
within a judicial district.
District judge, one who presides over a district court.
District school, a public school for the children within a
school district. [U.S.]
Syn: Division; circuit; quarter; province; tract; region;
country. Power of attorney 7. A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o? good
things. [Colloq.] --Richardson.
8. (Mech.)
(a) The rate at which mechanical energy is exerted or
mechanical work performed, as by an engine or other
machine, or an animal, working continuously; as, an
engine of twenty horse power.
Note: The English unit of power used most commonly is the
horse power. See Horse power.
(b) A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical
energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand
power, etc.
(c) Applied force; force producing motion or pressure; as,
the power applied at one and of a lever to lift a
weight at the other end.
Note: This use in mechanics, of power as a synonym for force,
is improper and is becoming obsolete.
(d) A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a
motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power.
Note: Power is used adjectively, denoting, driven, or adapted
to be driven, by machinery, and not actuated directly
by the hand or foot; as, a power lathe; a power loom; a
power press.
9. (Math.) The product arising from the multiplication of a
number into itself; as, a square is the second power, and
a cube is third power, of a number.
10. (Metaph.) Mental or moral ability to act; one of the
faculties which are possessed by the mind or soul; as,
the power of thinking, reasoning, judging, willing,
fearing, hoping, etc. --I. Watts.
The guiltiness of my mind, the sudden surprise of
my powers, drove the grossness . . . into a
received belief. --Shak.
11. (Optics) The degree to which a lens, mirror, or any
optical instrument, magnifies; in the telescope, and
usually in the microscope, the number of times it
multiplies, or augments, the apparent diameter of an
object; sometimes, in microscopes, the number of times it
multiplies the apparent surface.
12. (Law) An authority enabling a person to dispose of an
interest vested either in himself or in another person;
ownership by appointment. --Wharton.
13. Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the
business was referred to a committee with power.
Note: Power may be predicated of inanimate agents, like the
winds and waves, electricity and magnetism,
gravitation, etc., or of animal and intelligent beings;
and when predicated of these beings, it may indicate
physical, mental, or moral ability or capacity.
Mechanical powers. See under Mechanical.
Power loom, or Power press. See Def. 8
(d), note.
Power of attorney. See under Attorney.
Power of a point (relative to a given curve) (Geom.), the
result of substituting the co["o]rdinates of any point in
that expression which being put equal to zero forms the
equation of the curve; as, x^2 + y^2 - 100 is the
power of the point x, y, relative to the circle x^2 +
y^2 - 100 = 0. Ritornelle
Ritornelle Rit`or*nelle", Ritornello Ri`tor*nel"lo, n. [It.
ritornello, dim. of ritorno return, fr. ritornare to return:
cf. F. ritournelle.] (Mus.)
(a) A short return or repetition; a concluding symphony to an
air, often consisting of the burden of the song.
(a) A short intermediate symphony, or instrumental passage,
in the course of a vocal piece; an interlude.
Ritornello
Ritornelle Rit`or*nelle", Ritornello Ri`tor*nel"lo, n. [It.
ritornello, dim. of ritorno return, fr. ritornare to return:
cf. F. ritournelle.] (Mus.)
(a) A short return or repetition; a concluding symphony to an
air, often consisting of the burden of the song.
(a) A short intermediate symphony, or instrumental passage,
in the course of a vocal piece; an interlude.
Warrant of attorneyWarrant War"rant, n. [OE. warant, OF. warant a warrant, a
defender, protector, F. garant, originally a p. pr. pf German
origin, fr. OHG. wer[=e]n to grant, warrant, G. gew["a]hren;
akin to OFries. wera. Cf. Guarantee.]
1. That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving
authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act,
instrument, or obligation, by which one person authorizes
another to do something which he has not otherwise a right
to do; an act or instrument investing one with a right or
authority, and thus securing him from loss or damage;
commission; authority. Specifically:
(a) A writing which authorizes a person to receive money
or other thing.
(b) (Law) A precept issued by a magistrate authorizing an
officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search, or
do other acts incident to the administration of
justice.
(c) (Mil. & Nav.) An official certificate of appointment
issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned
officer. See Warrant officer, below.
2. That which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty;
security.
I give thee warrant of thy place. --Shak.
His worth is warrant for his welcome hither. --Shak.
3. That which attests or proves; a voucher.
4. Right; legality; allowance. [Obs.] --Shak.
Bench warrant. (Law) See in the Vocabulary.
Dock warrant (Com.), a customhouse license or authority.
General warrant. (Law) See under General.
Land warrant. See under Land.
Search warrant. (Law) See under Search, n.
Warrant of attorney (Law), written authority given by one
person to another empowering him to transact business for
him; specifically, written authority given by a client to
his attorney to appear for him in court, and to suffer
judgment to pass against him by confession in favor of
some specified person. --Bouvier.
Warrant officer, a noncommissioned officer, as a sergeant,
corporal, bandmaster, etc., in the army, or a
quartermaster, gunner, boatswain, etc., in the navy.
Warrant to sue and defend.
(a) (O. Eng. Law) A special warrant from the crown,
authorizing a party to appoint an attorney to sue or
defend for him.
(b) A special authority given by a party to his attorney
to commence a suit, or to appear and defend a suit in
his behalf. This warrant is now disused. --Burrill.
Meaning of Torne from wikipedia
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Torne may
refer to:
River Torne (England), a
river in
South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire,
England Torne (Finnish and
Swedish river), a
river in Finland...
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Pilar Marina Incháustegui
Anaya (born 2
October 1943),
known as
Regina Torné, is a
Mexican actress,
singer and
television presenter. She is well known...
- Meänmaa (Meänkieli for 'Our Land'), or
sometimes Torne Valley or
Torne River Valley (Finnish: Tornionlaakso, Torniojokilaakso; Swedish: Tornedalen) lies...
- The
Torne, also
known as the
Tornio (Finnish: Tornionjoki, Swedish:
Torne älv, Torneälven,
Northern Sami: Duortneseatnu, Meänkieli: Väylä), is a river...
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Ramchandra Gopal Torne (Marathi: रामचंद्र गोपाळ तोरणे) (13
April 1890 – 19
January 1960), also
known as
Dadasaheb Torne, was an
Indian director and producer...
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Marta Torné Gracia (Barcelona, Spain, 10
March 1978) is a
Spanish actress and presenter. When
Torné finished C.O.U., she went to work as a receptionist...
- tornionjokilaaksolaiset; Swedish: tornedalingar) are an
ethnic minority native to the
Torne Valley (Meänmaa)
region in
northern Sweden and Finland.
Tornedalians are...
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Torne Valley sub-region is a
subdivision of
Finnish Lapland and one of the sub-regions of Finland. The sub-region
should not be
confused with
Torne Valley...
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Ostrobothnian dialects North Ostrobothnian dialects Peräpohjola
dialects Torne dialects ("Meänkieli" in Sweden) Kemi
dialects Kemijärvi
dialects Gällivare...
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dialects spoken in the
northernmost part of
Sweden along the
valley of the
Torne River. Meänkieli is
recognized in
Sweden as one of the country's five minority...
