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Advocates, Faculty of

Advocates, Faculty of, the bar of Scotland. The Faculty was instituted along with the College of Justice in 1532. Members are entitled to plead in every Court in Scotland, and also before the House of Lords,...

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...

Adverse possession

Adverse possession is that form of possession or occupancy of land which is inconsistent with the title of any person to whom the land rightfully belongs and tends to extinguish that person's title, see (English) Real...

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Youthful offender

Youthful offender, A person in late adolescence or early adulthood who has been convicted of a crime, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1108.

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