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"One who assists a lawyer in routine legal work, but who is without qualified status as a solicitor or barrister (England and Wales), attorney (U.S.), or advocate; known more commonly in the U.S. as a legal assistant."
],
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],
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],
[
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[
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],
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"advocate",
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],
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"(law) One who assists a lawyer in routine legal work, but who is without qualified status as a solicitor or barrister (England and Wales), attorney (U.S.), or advocate; known more commonly in the U.S. as a legal assistant."
],
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"law"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "one who assists a lawyer",
"word": "律師助理"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǜshī zhùlǐ",
"sense": "one who assists a lawyer",
"word": "律师助理"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "one who assists a lawyer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "juridisch medewerker"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one who assists a lawyer",
"word": "asianajajan avustaja"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one who assists a lawyer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parajuriste"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one who assists a lawyer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paralégal"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who assists a lawyer",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "Anwaltsassistent"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who assists a lawyer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Anwaltsassistentin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who assists a lawyer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rechtsanwaltsgehilfe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who assists a lawyer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Rechtsanwaltsgehilfin"
},
{
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "one who assists a lawyer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "advokatfullmektig"
}
],
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],
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "one who assists a lawyer",
"word": "律師助理"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǜshī zhùlǐ",
"sense": "one who assists a lawyer",
"word": "律师助理"
},
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "one who assists a lawyer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "juridisch medewerker"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one who assists a lawyer",
"word": "asianajajan avustaja"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one who assists a lawyer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parajuriste"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one who assists a lawyer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paralégal"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who assists a lawyer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Anwaltsassistent"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who assists a lawyer",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Anwaltsassistentin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who assists a lawyer",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Rechtsanwaltsgehilfe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who assists a lawyer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Rechtsanwaltsgehilfin"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "one who assists a lawyer",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "advokatfullmektig"
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