Quote Originally Posted by shikamaru View Post
Here are some nifty treatises on attorneys:

http://books.google.com/books?id=Iow...%20law&f=false

An attorney general was the attorney representing the king and his interests in law business.

There is also the concept of the private attorney general, but this is a citizen still acting in the interest of the king or public in place of elected legal official.
Thank you! I am always learning around here.