Judge vs. Solicitor

Judgenoun

A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.

Judgenoun

A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.

Judgenoun

A person officiating at a sports event or similar.

Judgenoun

A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.

Judgeverb

(transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.

Judgeverb

(intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.

Judgeverb

(transitive) To form an opinion on.

Judgeverb

(intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.

Judgeverb

(transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.

Judgeverb

(intransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.

Judgeverb

(ambitransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.

Judgenoun

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for that purpose.

Judgenoun

One who has skill, knowledge, or experience, sufficient to decide on the merits of a question, or on the quality or value of anything; one who discerns properties or relations with skill and readiness; a connoisseur; an expert; a critic.

Judgenoun

A person appointed to decide in a trial of skill, speed, etc., between two or more parties; an umpire; as, a judge in a horse race.

Judgenoun

One of the supreme magistrates, with both civil and military powers, who governed Israel for more than four hundred years.

Judgenoun

The title of the seventh book of the Old Testament; the Book of Judges.

Judgeverb

To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to decide as a judge; to give judgment; to pass sentence.

Judgeverb

To assume the right to pass judgment on another; to sit in judgment or commendation; to criticise or pass adverse judgment upon others. See Judge, v. t., 3.

Judgeverb

To compare facts or ideas, and perceive their relations and attributes, and thus distinguish truth from falsehood; to determine; to discern; to distinguish; to form an opinion about.

Judgeverb

To hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties.

Judgeverb

To examine and pass sentence on; to try; to doom.

Judgeverb

To arrogate judicial authority over; to sit in judgment upon; to be censorious toward.

Judgeverb

To determine upon or deliberation; to esteem; to think; to reckon.

Judgeverb

To exercise the functions of a magistrate over; to govern.

Judgenoun

a public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice

Judgenoun

an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality

Judgeverb

determine the result of (a competition)

Judgeverb

form an opinion of or pass judgment on;

Judgeverb

judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time);

Judgeverb

pronounce judgment on;

Judgeverb

put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of;

Judge

A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions.

Solicitornoun

One who solicits.

Solicitornoun

In many common law jurisdictions, a type of lawyer whose traditional role is to offer legal services to clients apart from acting as their advocate in court. A solicitor instructs a barrister to act as an advocate for their client in court, although rights of audience for solicitors vary according to jurisdiction.

Solicitornoun

In English Canada and in parts of Australia, a type of lawyer who historically held the same role as above, but whose role has in modern times been merged with that of a barrister.

Solicitornoun

In parts of the U.S., the chief legal officer of a city, town or other jurisdiction.

Solicitornoun

(North America) A person soliciting sales, especially door to door.

Solicitornoun

One who solicits.

Solicitornoun

An attorney or advocate; one who represents another in court; - formerly, in English practice, the professional designation of a person admitted to practice in a court of chancery or equity. See the Note under Attorney.

Solicitornoun

a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes

Solicitornoun

a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents

Solicitornoun

a member of the legal profession qualified to deal with conveyancing, the drawing up of wills, and other legal matters. A solicitor may also instruct barristers and represent clients in some courts.

Solicitornoun

the chief law officer of a city, town, or government department.

Solicitornoun

a person who tries to obtain business orders, advertising, etc.; a canvasser

Solicitor

A solicitor is a legal practitioner who traditionally deals with most of the legal matters in some jurisdictions. A person must have legally-defined qualifications, which vary from one jurisdiction to another, to be described as a solicitor and enabled to practise there as such.