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Noun: right to an attorney
  1. (law) a civil right guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US Constitution, requiring that the government appoint a lawyer for the defendant and/or pay the defendant's legal fees in case they cannot afford a lawyer
    "The suspect was informed of his right to an attorney"

Type of: civil right

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