司し法ほう長ちょう官かん

noun

attorney general

Refers to the chief legal officer of a government, especially in the U.S. or similar systems. In a Japanese context, it may be used to describe equivalent foreign positions.

• アメリカの司し法ほう長ちょう官かんは大だい統とう領りょうによって任にん命めいされる。

  The U.S. Attorney General is appointed by the President.

• 司し法ほう長ちょう官かんは法ほう務む省しょうの長ちょうとして司し法ほう行ぎょう政せいを統とう括かつする。

  The Attorney General oversees the administration of justice as the head of the Department of Justice.