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Definition of lawyer up

lawyer up

verb

  • to retain legal counsel.
                                                                                         

    Citation from "Not for Nothing", Life (TV, 2008), Season 2 Episode 4 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Oct 19 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.

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Definitions include: acronym for "I am not a constitutional lawyer".
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Definitions include: acronym for "I am not a constitutional lawyer".
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Definitions include: acronym for "I am not your lawyer".
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