self-repper
English
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]self-repper (plural self-reppers)
- Something that self-replicates.
Etymology 2
[edit]From self- + (Contraction of represent) + -er.
Noun
[edit]self-repper (plural self-reppers)
- (colloquial, law) A person who represents themselves in a court of law.
- 2014 June 26, mumblechum1, Mumsnet[1]:
- When I was in practice against someone who was self repping I always put a bit extra in the accompanying statement explaining the split and would sometimes ask the self repper to sign a letter to the court confirming that they had had legal advice in the background but weren't represented - only when that was true of course but lots of people did just get ad hoc advice from a lawyer without them going on record as acting.
- 2017, Sarah Moore, Alex Newbury, “Legal Aid in Crisis”, in Legal Aid in Crisis: Assessing the impact of reform, page 8:
- This is the world of the self-repper, where legal rules and decisions are often inscrutable and defy the logic of everyday reason and morality.