judge advocate. Military law. 1. An officer of a court-martial who acts as a prosecutor. 2. A legal adviser on a military commander’s staff. 3. Any officer in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps or in a department of a U.S. military branch. — Abbr. JA. staff judge advocate. A certified military lawyer with the staff […]
Faculty of Advocates 苏格兰出庭律师协会 由苏格兰全体出庭律师〔advocates〕组成的法人团体，成立于1532年，位于爱丁堡，其成员可以在苏格兰的任一法院及上议院出庭执业。
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Lay Advocates at Work/L.A.W. Inc. 〈美〉协助投诉失职律师机构 一个缅因州〔Maine〕的寡妇在共支付了5 000美元的费用给四个不同的律师事务所却仍未解决其亡夫遗产问题后所创立的一家私人组织，旨在帮助那些对律师工作不满的人向州处理律师违纪问题的部门提出指控。
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advocate (ad-v[schwa]-kit), n. 1. A person who assists, defends, pleads, or prosecutes for another. public advocate. An advocate who purports to represent the public at large in matters of public concern, such as utility rates or environmental quality. 2. Civil & Scots law. A barrister; specif., a member of the Faculty of Advocates (the Scottish
King’s (Queen’s) advocate 〈英〉王室法律顾问 在适用教会法〔canon law〕和罗马法的法院中，其作用相当于普通法院中的总检察长〔attorney general〕，即在宗教、海事和遗嘱检验的案件中代表国王参加诉讼，就国际法的问题向国王提供咨询。但其在地位上低于总检察长。
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Military law. 1. An officer of a court-martial who acts as a prosecutor. 2. A legal adviser on a military commander’s staff. 3. Any officer in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps or in a department of a U.S. military branch. — Abbr. JA.
Advocate General. Scots law. An officer appointed under the Scotland Act of 1998 to advise the British gov-ernment on Scotland and to represent it in court.
Faculty of Advocates. Scots law. The society comprising the members of the Scottish bar. • Unlike the English bar, the advocates do not have chambers, but all share the facilities of Advocates’ Library in Parliament House.
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Manual of the Judge Advocate General. The Secretary of the Navy’s directive on military justice, with minor variations between rules applicable to the Navy and those applicable to the Marine Corps. — Also termed JAG Manual. [Cases: Military Justice 510. C.J.S. Military Justice § 6.]
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College of Advocates 〈英〉 律师公会 经皇家特许状许可于1768年成立，其前身是为了从事罗马法〔civil law〕和教会法的活动而于1490年成立的社团。该会会员早在1567年即买下后来被称为博士院〔Doctors’ Commons〕的地方——此处又是海事法庭和教会法庭的建筑及法官的住所地。从1832年起，公会会长通常由拱顶法院法官〔Dean of the Arches〕担任，其会员则从经坎特伯雷大主教诏示接受为律师〔advocate〕的人中选举产生。只有牛津大学或剑桥大学的法学博士方能成为律师。1857年以前，该公会的会员排他地享有在海事法庭和教会法庭执业的权利。1857年以后，律师〔advocate〕可以在任何法庭执业，出庭律师〔barrister〕可以在新成立的遗嘱检验和离婚法庭〔Probate and Divorce courts〕执业。1859年以后，出庭律师也可在海事法庭执业。1857年，公会为《遗嘱检验法庭法》〔Court of Probate Act〕撤销。
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