A person who employs or re-tains an nttorney, or counsellor, to nppear for him in courts, ndvise, assist, nnd defend him in legal proceedings, and to nct for him in any legal business. McCrenry v. Hoopes, 25 Miss. 428; McFarland v. Crary, 6 wend. (N. Y.) 297; Cross v. Riggins, 50 Mo. 335
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
