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A private citizen who commences a lawsuit to enforce a legal right that benefits the community as a whole.

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Class Action			In addition, justices said unions cannot bring representative actions under the state's five-year-old Private Attorneys General Act because they are not "aggrieved employees. Unions barred from filing suits on behalf of members by Dahl, Dick / InsideCounsel [and] would undermine the effectiveness of fee-shifting statutes in deputizing plaintiffs and their lawyers to act as private attorneys general. Misassigning income: the Supreme Court and attorneys' fees by Cohen, Stephen B. / Virginia Tax Review 2) Or as another commentator sees it, "The government can only do so much in policing corporate wrongdoing--society needs private attorneys general to assist in protecting victims' rights. Class action "cops": public servants or private entrepreneurs? by Beisner, John H.; Shors, Matthew; Miller, Jessica Davidson / Stanford Law Review			Prior Inconsistent Statements prior instance prior planning Prior Restraint Prior tempore prior thought priority Prisage prison Prison breaking prisonbreaker prisoner prisoner at the bar prisoner behind bars prisoner of state Prisoner of war Prisoner one held in confinement against his will Prisoners' Rights pristine pristinus privacy Privacy Act of 1974 private private affair Private Attorney General Private Attorneys General Private Bill private carrier private communication private enterprise Private International Law private language Private Law private matter Private Nuisance private parts private property private road Private Roads private sale of car, title issues private understanding private war Private water company demanding the installation of 2nd water meter private wrong Privateer Privateer war privateering privately privateness privation privation of seisin			Private Activity Bond Cap Private Activity Bond Volume Cap Private Activity Bonds private address ranges private addresses Private Administrative Procedure Private Adoption Private Adoption Agency Reimbursement Program Private Advanced Radio Service private affair Private Agencies Collaborating Together private aid to navigation Private Aids to Navigation Private Aircraft Enforcement System Private Analogue Branch Exchange Private and Boarding Schools' Organisation Nepal Private and Confidential private antigens private antigens private antigens Private Arbeitsvermittlung Deutschland private area Private Area Branch Exchange Private army Private army Private attorney general Private Attorney General Act of 2004 Private Attorneys General Private Automated Branch eXchange Private Automatic Branch eXchange Private Automatic Branch eXchange Private Automatic Computer eXchange Private Automatic Exchange Private Automatic Exchange Private Automatic Switching System Private bank Private Bank of the Peninsula Private Banker Private Bankers Private banking Private banking Private Banking International Private Banking Online Private Banking Services Department Private banks private bar Private beta Private beta Private beta Private bill Private bill Private bill Private bills Private bills Private bills Private branch exchange Private branch exchange Private branch exchange

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Private Attorney General (redirected from Private Attorneys General)

Private Attorney General
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