弁べん護ご依い頼らい人にん

noun

client (of a lawyer)

Formal legal term for a person who has retained a lawyer. In everyday contexts, 依頼人 is more common.

• 弁べん護ご士しは弁べん護ご依い頼らい人にんの無む実じつを主しゅ張ちょうした。

  The lawyer asserted the innocence of his client.

• 弁べん護ご依い頼らい人にんとの面談でんだんは守しゅ秘ひ義ぎ務むの対たい象しょうとなる。

  Meetings with a client are subject to attorney-client privilege.