Attorneys' and Solicitors' Act, 1870

Interpretation of terms.

3. In the construction of this Act, unless where the context otherwise requires, the words following have the significations herein-after respectively assigned to them; that is to say,

The words “attorney or solicitor” mean an attorney, solicitor, or proctor, qualified according to the provisions of the Acts for the time being in force, relating to the admission and qualification of attorneys, solicitors, or proctors:

Person” includes a corporation:

Client” includes any person who, as a principal or on behalf of another person, retains or employs, or is about to retain or employ, an attorney or solicitor, and any person who is or may be liable to pay the bill of an attorney or solicitor for any services, fees, costs, charges, or disbursements.