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assigned counsel system (s) (noun), assigned counsel systems (pl)
A program wherein indigent clients (people lacking money), charged with crimes, may have defense attorneys appointed for them: In the assigned counsel system, the defense attorneys may be private attorneys who agree to be rotated to perform such services for a low rate of reimbursement (payment) from the city, county, or state.

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