attorney vs power of attorney

attorney

noun
  • An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf. 

  • A solicitor. 

  • An honorific given to lawyers and notaries public, or those holders by profession who also do other jobs. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Atty. 

  • Clusia spp. 

  • A prosecutor 

  • A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession. 

verb
  • To work as a legal attorney. 

  • To provide with a legal attorney. 

power of attorney

noun
  • The legal authorisation of one person to act as the agent of another. 

  • A legal document allowing one person to act as the agent of another. 

How often have the words attorney and power of attorney occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )