See Also: Duty Solicitors:(law)
Duty(finance)
duty(dictionary)
Duty(money)
duty(dictionary)
off-duty(dictionary)
duty(medicine)
BENEVOLENCE, duty(law)
Stamp duty(finance)
Duty Of Care:(law)

gist (oh) and Duty solicitors (law)


gist (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Anglo-French; Origin: 'it lies, it can be presented in a court of law', from Old French gesir 'to lie']
the gist
the main idea and meaning of what someone has said or written
the gist of
::The gist of his argument is that full Employment is impossible.
::Don't worry about all the details as long as you get the gist (=understand the main meaning) of it.

Duty solicitors (law)


Solicitors, paid by the State to be available:



(1) in magistrates’ courts to assist defendants who do not have their own solicitor;

(2) to be called to police stations to assist people who have been arrested.