duty solicitor

English

Noun

duty solicitor (plural duty solicitors)

  1. In Commonwealth countries, a solicitor whose services are available for free to a person either suspected of, or charged with, a criminal offence, if that person does not have access to a solicitor of their own.

Synonyms
  • duty counsel (Canada)
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