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Crown Solicitor. In Ireland there were officrs called Crown solicitors attached to each circuit, whose duty it was to get up every case for the Crown in criminal prosecutions. They were paid by salaries. In Scotland the still better plan exists of a Crown prosecutor (called the Procurator-Fiscal, and being a subordinate of the Lord-Advocate) in every county, who prepares every criminal prosecution. As to England, see PUBLIC PROSECUTOR....
Judge Advocate, Judge Advocate-General
Judge Advocate, Judge Advocate-General. The Judge Advocate-General is an officer appointed by letters-patent under the Great Seal. He is under the orders of the Secretary of State for War to whom he acts as legal adviser. One of his functions is to review Court-martial proceedings. All general military courts-martial are attended by a judge advocate acting by deputation, either special or general, under the hand and seal of the judge advocate-general; or by a person appointed by general officers commanding the forces abroad, to execute the office of judge advocate. The duties of an officiating judge advocate at a Court-martial are to superintend the proceedings, to make a minute of the proceedings, and to advise the Court on points of law, of custom, and of form, and so far to assist the prisoner as to elicit a full statement of the facts material to the defence. The proceedings of general courts-martial held at home are trans-mitted by the officiating judge advocate to the judge advoc...
Colonial Attorneys Relief Acts (English)
Colonial Attorneys Relief Acts (English), 1857, 1874, and 1884 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 39, 37 & 38 Vict. c. 41, and 47 & 48 Vict. c. 24). These Acts provided for the admission, to practise as solicitors in the Supreme Court in England, of all persons, being subjects of the British Crown, who have been duly admitted and enrolled as attorneys and solicitors in any colony. These Acts were repealed by the Colonial Solicitors Act, 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. 14), which was in turn repealed by the Solicitors Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 37), and s. 35 enacts:-(1) A solicitor of a Superior Court in a British possession to which this section applies who has been in practice before such Court for not less than three years may-(a) on giving due notice and the prescribed proof of his qualification and good character; and(b) on passing the prescribed examination or, in the prescribed cases, without examination; and(c) after service under Articles during the prescribed period or, in the prescribed cases, wit...
Advocate, Lord
Advocate, Lord, the principal Crown Lawyer in Scotland, and one of the great Officers of State of Scotland. It is his duty to act as public prosecutor; but private individuals injured may prosecute upon obtaining his concurrence. He is assisted by a Solicitor-General and four junior counsel, termed advocates-depute. He has the power of appearing as public prosecutor in any Court in Scotland where any person can be tried for an offence, or in any action where the Crown is interested, but it is not usual for him to act in the inferior Courts, which have their respective public prosecutors, called procurators-fiscal, acting under his instructions. He does not, in prosecuting for offences, require the intervention of a grand jury, except in prosecutions for treason, which are conducted according to the English method. Until the creation of the office of Secretary for Scotland the Lord Advocate was virtually Secretary of State for Scotland. Consult Omond's Lord Advocates of Scotland....
Law Officers of the Crown
Law Officers of the Crown, shortly termed 'Law Officers,' the Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General, this definition was contained in s. 93 of the (English) Patents and Designs Act, 1907, but deleted by the (English) Patents and Designs Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 32), s. 13 and Sch. Consult Norton-Kyshe's Attorney-General and Solicitor-General of England.The Scottish Law Officers are the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor-General (q.v.)....
Crown agent
Crown agent, the solicitor to the Department of the Lord Advocate. His office is called the 'Crown Office.'...
Attorney-General
Attorney-General, a great officer of state appointed by letters-patent, and the legal representative of the Crown in the Supreme Court. He is also ex-officio head of the bar for the time being. He exhibits informations, prosecutes for the Crown in criminal matters and in revenue causes, and used to grant fiats for writs of error until they were abolished by s. 20 of the (English) Criminal Appeal Act, 1907, His fiat or consent is required before certain proceedings or prosecutions can be commenced (see, e.g., (English) Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act, 1889, and Prevention of Corruption Act, 1906). In many cases also (see e.g., (English) Lunacy Act, 1890, s. 325; (English) Public Health Act, 1936, s. 298; (English) Public Health (Officers) Act, 1884; (English) Public Health (Members and Officers) Act, 1885; Official Secrets Act, 1911, s. 8), his consent is necessary before penalties can be recovered. His fiat is necessary for certain appeals to the House of Lords. See (English) Appel...
Information
Information, an accusation, or complaint, also, communicated knowledge.Information means any material in any form, including records, documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advices, press-releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force. [Right to Information Act, 2005, s. 2(f)]Information in chancery. Where a suit was instituted on behalf of the Crown or Government, or of those of whom it had the custody by virtue of its prerogative (such as idiots and lunatics), or whose rights are under its particular protection (such as the objects of a public charity), the matter of complaint was offered to the Court by way of information by the Attorney or Solicitor-General, and not by way of petition. When a suit immediately concerned the crown or government alone, the proceeding was pur...
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....
King's proctor
King's proctor, the proctor or solicitor representing the Crown in the Probate and Divorce Court. In proper cases it is his duty to intervene in petitions for dissolution or for declaration of nullity of marriage to defeat collusion or the suppression of material facts. In his official capacity he cannot intervene to show cause against a decree nisi for dissolution of marriage being made absolute without the leave of the Court, Gray v. Gray, (1861) 30 LJP&M 96. In the case of an unsuccessful intervention the King's Proctor may be condemned in costs, Carter v. Carter, 1910 P. 151. See (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 181....
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