avocat

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Désignations

français	avocat Source : Site DFAE, [La Confédération renforce la mise en œuvre de l’Agenda 2030 pour le développement durable](https://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/fr/dfae/actualite/informations-dfae.html/content/eda/fr/meta/news/2019/3/22/74413) (17.4.2019).
allemand	Anwalt Source : Bundesgesetz über die Freizügigkeit der Anwältinnen und Anwälte, SR [935.61](https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/19994700/index.html) (9.5.2019). synonyme : Rechtsanwalt Source : Bundesgesetz über die Freizügigkeit der Anwältinnen und Anwälte, SR [935.61](https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/19994700/index.html) (17.4.2019).
italien	avvocato Source : Legge federale sulla libera circolazione degli avvocati, [RS 935.61](https://www.admin.ch/opc/it/classified-compilation/19994700/index.html) (21.5.2019).
anglais	lawyer Source : FDFA, [Federal government takes steps to advance implementation of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development](https://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/news/news-fdfa.html/content/eda/fr/meta/news/2019/3/22/74413) (17.4.2019). synonyme : attorney In the US, an attorney means a person who practises law. In the UK, an attorney usually means a person appointed by another to act or conduct business on his/her behalf, who may or may not be a lawyer e.g. under a written power of attorney. Source : State Bar of California website, [Attorney Regulation](http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Attorneys/Attorney-Regulation) (17.4.2019). synonyme : barrister In the UK, a barrister is a lawyer who is admitted to plead at the bar and who argues cases in higher courts. The term is therefore specific to the split legal profession in the UK, where lawyers hold the title of either solicitor or barrister. It should therefore only be used in a UK context. Source : UK Bar Council website, [Why instruct a barrister?](https://www.barcouncil.org.uk/using-a-barrister/why-instruct-a-barrister/) (17.4.2019). synonyme : solicitor In the UK a solicitor is a lawyer who advises clients and prepares cases and legal documents but is not generally heard in higher courts. The term is therefore specific to the split legal profession in the UK, where lawyers hold the title of either solicitor or barrister. It should therefore only be used in a UK context. Source : UK Law Society website, [Becoming a solicitor](https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/law-careers/becoming-a-solicitor/) (17.4.2019).

Codes : pays ou zone où la désignation a cours (CH, FR, DE, EU = Union européenne, INT = usage international). Une désignation barrée est déconseillée.

Définitions

anglais: One who is licensed to practise law (generic term).
Based on Black’s Law Dictionary, 7th edition, substantive law, Thomson Reuters, 1999, p. 895.

Contextes d'emploi

« L'avvocato iscritto in un registro cantonale degli avvocati può esercitare la rappresentanza in giudizio in Svizzera senza ulteriore autorizzazione. »
« M. Jacques Ducrest est diplomate et a suivi une formation juridique (avocat, LL.M.). »
« Jacques Ducrest is a diplomat with a legal background (LL.M and qualified lawyer). »

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