The word lawyer in its most common form is used to refer to one who practices or studies the law i.e. a legal practitioner. Somehow the use of the word in South Africa has rather become synonymous with an attorney as opposed to any other legal practitioner like an advocate for instance. In pursuit of unifying the legal profession, the legislator has opted for the use of “legal practitioner” as descriptive of all those who practise the law presumably in hopes of eventually doing away with the entrenched and systematic differentiation of attorneys and advocates in particular.
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