practicing lawyer

practicing lawyer
A person who customarily and habitually holds himself out to the public as a lawyer and who demands compensation for his services rendered as such. State v Bryan, 98 NC 644, 647, 4 SE 522. A retired lawyer who conducts but one suit in court for a friend or neighbor, without fee or reward, is not a "practicing lawyer." McCargo v State (Miss) 1 So 161. See practice of law.

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