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Word Meanings - ATTORNEYISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys.

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  • PECULIARIZE
    To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusive possession. Dr. John Smith.
  • PECULIARNESS
    The quality or state of being peculiar; peculiarity. Mede.
  • PRACTICER
    1. One who practices, or puts in practice; one who customarily performs certain acts. South. 2. One who exercises a profession; a practitioner. 3. One who uses art or stratagem. B. Jonson.
  • PECULIARLY
    In a peculiar manner; particulary; in a rare and striking degree; unusually.
  • PRACTICED
    1. Experienced; expert; skilled; as, a practiced marksman. "A practiced picklock." Ld. Lytton. 2. Used habitually; learned by practice.
  • PECULIAR
    1. One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not possessed by others; of private, personal, or characteristic possession and use; not owned in common or in participation. And purify unto himself a peculiar people. Titus ii. 14.
  • PRACTICE
    A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business. (more info) also, practique, LL. practica, fr. Gr. Practical, and cf. Pratique, 1. Frequently repeated or customary action;
  • ATTORNEYSHIP
    The office or profession of an attorney; agency for another. Shak.
  • CLEVERNESS
    The quality of being clever; skill; dexterity; adroitness. Syn. -- See Ingenuity.
  • PECULIARITY
    1. The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity. Swift. 2. That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity. The smallest peculiarity of temper on manner. Macaulay. 3. Exclusive
  • MALPRACTICE
    Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary to established rules; specifically, the treatment of a case by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results.
  • MISPRACTICE
    Wrong practice.
  • MALEPRACTICE
    See MALPRACTICE

 

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