an inclination to do something

A lawyer knowledgeable about the most detailed and minute points of law, especially one with an exceptional propensity and ability to exploit fine technical points of law for the client's advantage, By extension, a legal layman who argues points of law, One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates, verb_ With "up", to acquire the services of a lawyer, To make legalistic arguments, To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer