"Section 24 of the Legal Practitioners Act supra provides that: 
"In this Act unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say."
"Legal Practitioner" means a person entitled in accordance with the Provisions of this Act to Practice as a Barrister or as a Barrister and Solicitor, either generally or for the purposes of any particular office or proceedings."

 PER S. D. BAGE, J.S.C IN THE CASE OF GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC V INNOSON NIGERIA LIMITED 
LER (2017) SC. 694/2014