0 the top legal officer in some countries, whose job is to provide legal advice to the government and to represent the government
1 the most important legal officer in a state or in the US
2 the most important government lawyer in some countries or states:
In the autumn of 1764 he seemed likely to return to office, either as attorney general or master of the rolls.
The attorney general made a more ceremonious show of lenity in this particular case.
To the latter the attorney general, the main sponsor of the bill, replied he would adjust this and insert the required amendment.
But the attorney general could and sometimes did require the accused to post securities for good behaviour before admitting him to bail.
In theory, this was the monarch, but in practice it was the crown's principal legal agent, the attorney general.
Finally, the attorney general had a particular responsibility to parliament itself.
In many ways the relationship of the attorney general with the executive government was one of lawyer and client.
An attorney general performed three governmental functions : administrative, advisory, and representative.
