ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does attorney-client relation mean? 

• ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATION (noun)
  The noun ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATION has 1 sense:

1. the responsibility of a lawyer to act in the best interests of the client

  Familiarity information: ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The responsibility of a lawyer to act in the best interests of the client

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

attorney-client relation; lawyer-client relation

Hypernyms ("attorney-client relation" is a kind of...):

fiduciary relation (the legal relation that exists when one person justifiably places reliance on another whose aid or protection is sought in some matter)

Meronyms (members of "attorney-client relation"):

client (a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer)

attorney; lawyer (a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)