deputy district attorneys

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deputy district attorneys - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. The Act of Congress of March 3, 1815, 2 Story L. 
  U. S. 1530, authorizes and directs the district attorneys of the United 
  States to appoint by warrant, an attorney as their substitute or deputy in 
  all cases when necessary to sue or prosecute for the United States, in any 
  of the state or county courts, by that act invested with certain 
  jurisdiction, within the sphere of whose jurisdiction the said district 
  attorneys do not themselves reside or practice; and the said substitute or 
  deputy shall be sworn or affirmed to the faithful execution of his duty.