A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE COMMON LAW, Theodore F. T. Plunkett, Little Brown
& Co. (1956), pp. 215-230, discusses the development of the legal
profession through the 18th century in England, and uses the term king's
attorney as a barrster or solicitor employed by the crown. In JUSTICE IN
COLONIAL AMERICA, Oliver Perry Chitwood, The Lawbook Exchange (2001), pp.
115-121, there is a discussion of the evolving role of lawyers in the 17th
and 18th century but no direct reference to the use of lawyers by the King
in America.

Richard E. Dixon
Clifton, VA 20124-2115
703-830-8177
fax 703-691-0978



> [Original Message]
> From: Wesley E. Pippenger <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 8/24/2003 8:20:42 PM
> Subject: King's Attorney?
>
> Question as to how one was appointed king's attorney in Virginia.  I have
> someone who died in 1767 and is claimed to have been king's attorney.  He
> died in the Alexandria/Fairfax Co. area.  I don't spot such appointments
in
> Hening's statutes.  What other record might be search to document such a
> claim?  What people could or could not be so appointed?
> W.
>
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