An attestation clause is a provision at the end of an instrument, especially a will, that is signed by witnesses and recites the formalities required to make the instrument effective. A formal attestation clause itself can serve as prima facie evidence of the facts within the instrument.
An attestator is a person who attests or verifies the authenticity of a document or signature by adding their own signature or stamp. Accordingly, such a document becomes attested, which means it has been acknowledged as an authentic document that can be used in a court or be held as binding on the parties involved.
An attorney is someone authorized to practice law; a lawyer, also called attorney-at-law.
See: lawyer.
See, e.g. Supreme Court of Virginia v. Consumers Union of U.S., Inc., 446 U.S. 719 (1980)
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Attorney Fees refer to the payment to attorneys for their legal services. Fees can take several forms including: 1) hourly charge, 2) a flat fee, 3) a contingent fee (must be reasonable), 4) statutory fees, 5) court approved fees, 6) a mixture of hourly and contingent fee or other combination.
An attorney in fact is an agent authorized to act on behalf of another person, but not necessarily authorized to practice law, e.g. a person authorized to act by a power of attorney. Therefore an attorney in fact, which is not necessarily a lawyer, is a pure fiduciary: an attorney in fact does not require special qualifications.
Attorney work product is documents and other tangible things prepared in anticipation of litigation by or for a party or representative.
The work-product privilege (or “work-product doctrine”) protects from discovery by the opposing party "documents and tangible things that are prepared in anticipation of litigation or for trial." Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(3)(A). The purpose of the work-product doctrine is to protect an attorney's "mental impressions, conclusions, opinions, or legal theories."&n
