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See also: Attorney-General and attorney-general

English

The chief legal advisor to the government, overseeing legal affairs and ensuring that laws are uniformly and justly applied.
Synonyms: AG, Atty. Gen.
- 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 29, column 2:
  If you do wrongfully ſeize Herford's right,
  call in his Letters Patents that he hath
  By his Atturneyes generall, to ſue […]
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private attorney general

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major government officer

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Arabic: نَائِب عَامّ m (nāʔib ʕāmm)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Bulgarian: гла́вен прокуро́р m (gláven prokurór)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Burmese: ရှေ့နေချုပ် (my) (hre.nehkyup)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Chinese:
Mandarin: 司法部長 / 司法部长 (sīfǎ bùzhǎng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#ATTORNEY%20GENERAL Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Czech: generální prokurátor mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Danish: justitsminister cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Dutch: procureur-generaal (nl) m or fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Estonian: õiguskantslerCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Finnish: oikeuskansleri (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL (chief legal advisor to govt), valtakunnansyyttäjä (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL (chief prosecutor)
French: procureur général (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Georgian: იუსტიციის მინისტრი (iusṭiciis minisṭri)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL, გენერალური პროკურორი (generaluri ṗroḳurori)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL, გენერალური ატორნეი (generaluri aṭornei)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
German: Generalstaatsanwalt (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Hausa: atone-janar mCategory:Terms with Hausa translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Hebrew: תובע כללי mCategory:Terms with Hebrew translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL, תובעת כללית fCategory:Terms with Hebrew translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Hungarian: főállamügyész (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL, igazságügy-miniszter (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Indonesian: jaksa agung (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Irish: Ard-Aighne mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Italian: procuratore generale mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Japanese: 検事総長 (kenji sōchō)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Malay: peguam negaraCategory:Terms with Malay translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Māori: rōia matuaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Norwegian:
Bokmål: justisminister (no) mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL

Nynorsk: justisminister mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Polish: prokurator generalny mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL (chief prosecutor)
Portuguese: procurador geral mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL, procuradora geral fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Romanian: procuror general mCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Russian: мини́стр юсти́ции m (minístr justícii)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL, генера́льный прокуро́р (ru) m (generálʹnyj prokurór)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL, генпрокуро́р (ru) m (genprokurór)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Slovak: generálny prokurátor mCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Spanish: fiscal general m or fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL, procurador general mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL, procuradora general fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Swedish: kronjurist cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL (England and Wales), justitieminister (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL (USA)
Ukrainian: генера́льний прокуро́р m (henerálʹnyj prokurór)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL
Welsh: twrnai cyffredinol mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#ATTORNEYGENERAL

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