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1. What is the main difference between a lawyer and a solicitor?
2. Can a person be both?
3. What are the qualifications to become a solicitor?
4. Can't a lawyer who is not qualified to become a solicitor, perform the work that a solicitor does?
5. Is there any difference in roles in between an England solicitor and Indian solicitor?
6. Is solicitor system existing only in presidency towns? Can a solicitor from Bombay, go to say Jaipur and work as a solicitor there. Or is it that in cities like Jaipur lawyers and solicitors are the same and there is no separate requirement or provision of having a solicitor.
Answers to all or any of these questions will be helpful.