A major government officer throughout the English-speaking world, generally responsible for interpreting the law for the head of government and executive department and functioning as chief prosecutor, with the ability to bring civil and criminal actions directly
Janet Reno was Attorney General under Bill Clinton.
(Kanun) In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General or Attorney-General is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions
A country's Attorney General is its chief law officer, who advises its government or ruler. the lawyer with the highest rank in some countries or in the US government. Chief law-enforcement officer of a state and legal adviser to the chief executive. The office dates to the Middle Ages but did not assume its modern form until the 16th century. In the U.S., the position dates to the Judiciary Act of 1789. Head of the Department of Justice and a member of the cabinet, the attorney general oversees all the government's law business and acts as the president's legal adviser. Every U.S. state also has an attorney general
the chief law officer of a country or state the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department; "Edmund Randolph was the first Attorney General, appointed by President Washington
the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States; "the post of Attorney General was created in 1789"
Chief legal officer of the State The Connecticut Constitution, CT General Statutes, and common law authorize the AG to represent the interests of the people of the State of Connecticut in all litigation involving the state to protect the public interest, and to serve as legal counsel to all state agencies http: //www cslib org/attygenl
Highest U S legal officer in the nation Each state also has their own Attorney General and within states The nation's Attorney General is head of the Justice Department and chief legal counsel to the President A state's Attorney General
The government minister responsible for the administration of justice •Coroner`s Inquests
The chief law officer of the federal or state government, who appears for the people in criminal court
the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department; "Edmund Randolph was the first Attorney General, appointed by President Washington"
The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law- executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required