attorney's retainer
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retainer — re·tain·er /ri tā nər/ n [Anglo French retener act of engaging or employing, from retener retenir to engage, retain] 1: the act of a client by which the services of a lawyer are engaged 2: a fee paid to a lawyer for advice or services or for a… … Law dictionary
Attorney's fee — Attorney fees (note that the use of the word attorney connotes lawyers broadly: solicitors and barristers) are the costs of legal representation that an attorney s client or a party to a lawsuit incurs. Attorney s fees are assessed in a number of … Wikipedia
attorney's fee — The payment made to a lawyer for legal services. These fees may take several forms: hourly, per job or service for example, $350 to draft a will, contingency (the lawyer collects a percentage of any money she wins for her client and nothing if… … Law dictionary
Attorney — At*tor ney, n.; pl. {Attorneys}. [OE. aturneye, OF. atorn[ e], p. p. of atorner: cf. LL. atturnatus, attornatus, fr. attornare. See {Attorn}.] 1. A substitute; a proxy; an agent. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] And will have no attorney but myself. Shak.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
attorney's fees — n. The sum charged to a client by an attorney at law for the professional services performed for the client. The sum reflects a contingent fee, flat fee, hourly fee, compensation for out of pocket expenses, or some combination thereof. See also… … Law dictionary
retainer — The act of withholding what one has in one s own hands by virtue of some right. In the practice of law, when a client hires an attorney to represent him, the client is said to have retained the attorney. This act of employment is called the… … Black's law dictionary
Attorney at law — An attorney at law (or attorney at law) in the United States is a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute and defend actions in such court on the retainer of clients. Alternative terms include attorney and counselor… … Wikipedia
attorney — In the most general sense this term denotes an agent or substitute, or one who is appointed and authorized to act in the place or stead of another. An agent, or one acting on behalf of another. Sherts v. Fulton Nat. Bank of Lancaster, 342 Pa. 337 … Black's law dictionary
attorney — In the most general sense this term denotes an agent or substitute, or one who is appointed and authorized to act in the place or stead of another. An agent, or one acting on behalf of another. Sherts v. Fulton Nat. Bank of Lancaster, 342 Pa. 337 … Black's law dictionary
retainer — {{11}}retainer (n.1) fee to secure services, mid 15c., act of keeping for oneself from RETAIN (Cf. retain) (perhaps influenced by M.Fr. retenir, infinitive used as a noun). Meaning fee paid to an attorney to secure his services is from 1818.… … Etymology dictionary
