Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Practitioner
A person engaged in the practice of a profession, esp. law or medicine.
legal practitioner
A lawyer. "Legal practitioners may be either barristers, special pleaders not at the bar, certified conveyancers, or solicitors. The three latter may recover their fees, but the first may not, their acting being deemed of a voluntary nature, and their fees merely in the light of honorary payments; and it follows from this, that no action lies against them for negligence or unakilfulness." John Indermaur, Principles of the Common Law 169 (Edmund H. Bennett ed., 1st Am. ed. 1878).
office practitioner
. A lawyer who does not litigate; an attorney whose work is accomplished primarily in the office, without court appearances. - Also termed office lawyer.
sole practitioner
A lawyer who practices law without any partners or associates. - Also termed solo practitioner. - Often shortened to solo.
solo practitioner
See SOLE PRACTITIONER.