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Lord Advocate
Matched in: Term Lord Advocate
Advocate, Lord
Matched in: Term Advocate, Lord
Solicitor-General
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
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Actor
Also a proctor or advocate in civil Courts or causes. Actor dominicus, a term often used for the lord's bailiff or attorney. Actor ecclesi' was sometimes the forensic term for the advocate or pleading patron of a
Advocates, Faculty of
of Faculty, who is elected annually. He takes precedence of all other members of the Bar except the Lord Advocate; these two and the Solicitor-General for Scotland in Court sit within the Bar. Before 1897 only the Law
Law Officers of the Crown
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 Solicitor
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.
Crown agent
Crown agent, the solicitor to the Department of the Lord Advocate. His office is called the 'Crown Office.'
Company
of business here after 1st April, 1909. The meaning of establishing a place of business was discussed in Lord Advocate v. Huron & Erie Loan Co., 1911 SC 612, see also s. 90 as to charges by such
Prosecution
his trial. In all criminal prosecutions the King is nominally the prosecutor. See titles PUBLIC PROSECUTOR and ADVOCATE, LORD. The word 'prosecution' as used in Article 20 contemplated a proceeding of a criminal nature either before a
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