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attornies

n. (plural of attorny English)

Usage examples of "attornies".

There were distinguished exceptions, but the general composition was of obscure provincial advocates, of stewards of petty local jurisdictions, country attornies, notaries, and the whole train of the ministers of municipal litigation, the fomenters and conductors of the petty war of village vexation.

A government of five hundred country attornies and obscure curates is not good for twenty-four millions of men, though it were chosen by eight and forty millions, nor is it the better for being guided by a dozen of persons of quality who have betrayed their trust in order to obtain that power.

A couple of little attornies in dirty neck-cloths, who kept taking notes .

A couple of little attornies in dirty neck-cloths, who kept taking notes.