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advocate [Latin advocatus adviser to a party in a lawsuit, counselor, from past participle of advocare to summon, employ as counsel, from ad to + vocare to call] 1 : a person (as a lawyer) who works and argues in support of another's cause esp. in court 2 : a person or group that defends or maintains a cause or proposal [a consumer ] [ad-və-kāt] vb -cat·ed -cat·ing vt : to argue in favor of vi : to act as an advocate [shall for minority business "V. M. Rivera"] ...
judge advocate
judge advocate pl: judge advocates 1 : an officer serving under the Judge Advocate General 2 : an officer charged with administering military justice (as by acting as legal counsel or conducting an appellate review) ...
Lord Advocate
Lord Advocate. See ADVOCATE, LORD....
Senior advocate
Senior advocate, means any advocate so designated under sub-s. (2) of s. 16 of the Advocates Act, 1961, and all such advocates whose names were borneon the roll of the senior advocates of the court immediately before the commencement of Chapter III of the Advocates Act, 1961. [Supreme Court Rules, 1966, s. 2(1)(q)]...
Advocate, King's
Advocate, King's, a member of the College of Advocates, appointed by letters patent, whose office was to advise and act as counsel for the Crown in questions of civil, canon, and international law. It is believed that the office has never been formally abolished....
Judge Advocate General
Judge Advocate General pl: Judge Advocates General : the senior legal officer and chief legal adviser in the army, navy, or air force ...
Advocate General
Advocate General, defined. [Indian Bar Councils Act, (38 of 1926), s. 2(b)--referred in Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 (70 of 1971), s. 15.Means the principal law officer of a State: appointed by the Governor to give advice to the Government of the State upon such legal matters, and to perform such other duties of a legal character as may be referred or assigned to him by the Governor. [Constitution of India, Article 165(1) & (2)]...
Solicitor-General
Solicitor-General, the second law officer of the Crown, appointed by patent, and holding office during the continuance of the Ministry of which he is a subordinate member. He is usually knighted. He ranks after the Attorney-General, and receives an annual salary and fees; he may not now carry on a private practice. As to the Solicitor-General for Scotland, see LORD ADVOCATE. Attached to the household of a queen-consort there is an officer with this title. Consult Norton-Kyshe's Attorney-General and Solicitor-General of England.The second highest-ranking legal officer in a government (after attorney general) esp., the chief courtroom lawyer for executive branch, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1399....
Devolution issue
Devolution issue, within the meaning of paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 6 to the Act of 1998 (Scetland Act, 1998), Hoekstra v. H.M. Advocate (PC), (2000) 3 WLR 1817.May well arise in advance of or every porsibility in the course of a criminal trial under some other provision of the Convention, Montogomery v. H.M. Advocate (PC), (2001) 2 WLR 779.shall not be taken to arise in any proceedings merely because of any contention of a party to the proceedings which appears to the court or tribunal before which the proceedings take place to frivolous or vexatious, Montogomery v. H.M. Advocate (PC), (2001) 2 WLR 779....
Instruct
Instruct, to convey information-as a client to a solicitor, or as a solicitor to a counsel; to authorise one to appear as advocate....
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