lawyer

avvocato

Persona che per lavoro offre consigli legali e rappresenta altre persone in tribunale.

In inglese semplice: A person whose job is to give advice about the law and speak for people in court.

• You should ask a lawyer.
• Her lawyer helped her understand the contract.
• The two lawyers spoke to the judge.

Sinonimi: attorney, legal adviser

Espressioni comuni: hire a lawyer, criminal lawyer, ask a lawyer

avvocato

Persona autorizzata a dare consigli legali e a rappresentare altre persone in tribunale.

In inglese semplice: A person allowed to give legal advice and speak for people in court.

• You need a lawyer.
• Her lawyer helped her prepare for court.
• Have you spoken to your lawyers?

Sinonimi: attorney, legal adviser

Espressioni comuni: hire a lawyer, criminal lawyer, lawyer for someone

giurista

Persona con una laurea in giurisprudenza che la qualifica per lavorare in ambito legale.

In inglese semplice: A person whose law degree qualifies them for legal work.

• She is a lawyer by training.
• The company employs lawyers to review contracts.
• His degree qualified him as a lawyer.

Sinonimi: legal professional

Espressioni comuni: qualified lawyer, trained lawyer, graduate lawyer

esercitare la professione forense

Lavorare offrendo consigli legali o rappresentando persone in tribunale.

In inglese semplice: To work professionally giving legal advice or representing people in court.

• She lawyers for a small firm.
• He lawyered in Chicago for years.
• I spend my days lawyering for local businesses.

Sinonimi: practise law

Espressioni comuni: lawyer for someone, lawyer in court

argomentare giuridicamente

Discutere basandosi sulle norme giuridiche e sui piccoli dettagli.

In inglese semplice: To argue by focusing on legal rules and small details.

• They lawyered over every word of the agreement.
• Stop lawyering and answer the question.
• She can lawyer any rule into meaning something else.

Sinonimi: argue legalistically

Espressioni comuni: lawyer over something, lawyer the wording

torchiare, interrogare

Fare molte domande difficili a qualcuno finché non ammette qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: To ask someone many difficult questions until they admit something.

• Stop lawyering me about last night.
• She lawyered him until he admitted the truth.
• They tried to lawyer me into changing my story.

Come si usa: lawyer someone into doing something (He lawyered me into admitting I had taken the money.)

Sinonimi: cross-examine, grill

Espressioni comuni: lawyer someone, lawyer someone into