Advocacy - Law Dictionary Search Results
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advocacy 1 : the profession or work of an advocate 2 : the action of advocating, pleading for, or supporting a cause or proposal [a consequence of his moving "W. O. Douglas"] ...
Advocacy
Advocacy, means the work or profession of an advocate. The act of pleading for or actively supporting a cause or proposal, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 55....
criminal syndicalism
criminal syndicalism : advocacy of unlawful means (as acts of violence) to bring about a change in industry or government compare sabotage, sedition ...
Boulangism
The spirit or principles of a French political movement identified with Gen Georges Boulanger d 1891 whose militarism and advocacy of revenge on Germany attracted to him a miscellaneous party of monarchists and Republican malcontents...
Caeligsarism
A system of government in which unrestricted power is exercised by a single person to whom as Caeligsar or emperor it has been committed by the popular will imperialism also advocacy or support of such a system of government...
Keynesian
Of or pertaining to John Maynard Keynes conforming to the theories of Keynesianism especially the term is used to refer to the macroeconomic theories and politico economic policies proposed by Keynes and his followers especially in regards to their advocacy of governmental action to maintain low unemployment through government spending Keyness book ldquoThe General Theory of Employment Interest and Moneyrdquo Macmillan 1936 had a strong influence on views of the governments role in the economy through the 1970s...
Keynesianism
the macroeconomic theories and politico economic policies of British economist John Maynard Keynes 1883 1946 and his followers used especially in reference to their advocacy of governmental action to maintain low unemployment through government spending See Keynes...
Pan Americanism
The principle or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the states of America...
Parnellite
One of the adherents of Charles Stewart Parnell 1846 91 in his advocacy of home rule for Ireland...
Barrister, or Barrastor
Barrister, or Barrastor, a counsellor or advocate learned in the law, admitted to plead at the bar, and there to take upon himself the protection and defence of clients. He is termed jurisconsultus and licentiatus in jure. As to the mode and qualification for obtaining the degree of a barrister, see INNS OF COURT; and consult Marchant on Barristers; Warren's Law Studies; Forsyth's Hortenisus; and Chitty on Contracts; also Mew's Digest, tit. 'Barrister.'It shall mean a barrister of England or Ireland, or a member of the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), S. 3 (4)]Fees.--A barrister can maintain no action for his fees, which are given not as a salary or hire, but as a mere honorarium or gratuity, and even an express promise by a client to pay money to counsel for his advocacy is not binding, see Re Le Brasseur & Oakley, (1896) 2 Ch 487; Kennedy v. Broun, (1863) 13 CBN S 677, where the whole law on the subject of counsel's fees is elaborately discus...
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