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`1`Client `2` "Legal Lexicon":
CLIENT - One who employs and retains an attorney or counsellor to advise him about some legal matters, or to manage or defend a suit or action in which the client is a party. The duties of the client towards his counsel include: 1. To give him written authority; 2. To disclose his case with perfect candor; 3. To offer spontaneously, advances of money to his attorney, and; 4. To promptly pay his attorney his fees at the conclusion of the suit or matter. The client's rights include: 1. To be diligently served in the management of his business; 2. To be informed of its progress, and; 3. That his counsel shall not disclose what has been professionally confided to him. --b-- |