Usually means: Extension or agent of legal authority.
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  1. limb of the law: Wordnik
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  3. Limb of the Law: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  4. limb of the law: FreeDictionary.org
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  6. limb of the law: Wiktionary

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▸ noun:  (slang, archaic) A lawyer, or clerk articled to that profession.

Similar:
articled clerk, lawman, clerk, underlawyer, brief, legat, junior, jurat, leetman, law lord, more...

Opposite:
criminal, lawbreaker, offender, delinquent

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Similar:
articled clerk, lawman, clerk, underlawyer, brief, legat, junior, jurat, leetman, law lord, more...

Opposite:
criminal, lawbreaker, offender, delinquent



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