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DEPUTY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (law)


DEPUTY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. An officer appointed by the attorney general, who is to hold his office during the pleasure of the latter, and general, who is to hold his office during the pleasure of the latter, and whose duty it is to perform, within a specified district, the duties of the whose duty it is to perform, within a specified district, the duties of the attorney general. He must be a member of the bar. In Pennsylvania, by an act attorney general. He must be a member of the bar. In Pennsylvania, by an act of assembly, passed May 3, 1850, district attorneys are elected by the of assembly, passed May 3, 1850, district attorneys are elected by the people, who are required to perform the duties which, before that act, were people, who are required to perform the duties which, before that act, were performed by deputies of the attorney general. performed by deputies of the attorney general.