Whats The Differnce Between Lawyer And Advocate

[Mariner]

Whats The Differnce Between Lawyer And Advocate

[Anmcha]

Laywer:=A person knowing laws; Advocate= A person who fights for a cause verbally with reasoon(Advocating)

[Raonull]

An advocate is a person who otains registration from bar council and lawyer can be a person who is a law graduate but not obtained registration from bar council.

Every lawyer can not be advocate but every advocate should be a lawyer.

[wesley64]

Lawyer is somebody who can give legal advice and has been trained in the law.

Are Attorney and Lawyer are synonyms? Basically yes, but they are not necessarily Interchangeable terms, you cannot for instance say I give you the Power of a Lawyer, but you definitely might say I give you the power of Attorney...

Look again at the above definitions, does it now make any sense? Off course it does.

An attorney in fact is an agent who conducts business under authority that is controlled and limited by a written document called a letter, or power, of attorney granted by the principal. An attorney at law is an officer of a court of law authorized to represent the person employing him(the client) in legal proceedings.

A Solicitor- One that solicits, especially one that seeks trade or contributions. The chief law officer of a city, town, or government department but does not act as an advocate in court, as opposed to the Attorney who pleads in court.(English Law).

A Barrister(Call