单词 | king's advocate |
释义 | > as lemmasKing's Advocate King's Advocate n. (during the reign of a king) (a) British a legal representative of the Crown in the ecclesiastical or Admiralty courts; (b) the chief legal officer of the Crown in Scotland, Ireland, and certain Commonwealth countries; cf. Lord Advocate n., Queen's Advocate n. at queen n. Compounds 3a. ΚΠ 1511 in D. H. Fleming Registrum Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1921) I. 348/2 The kingis advocat sal persew the said nonentres be summondis. 1606 Rep. Proc. Assemblie of Ministers Abirdeen sig. B7 The Kings advocat was put to his shift, namely to charge the Assise only to finde, whether the prisoners had declined the Councels iudgment or no. 1696 J. Gordon Diary Apr. (1949) 62 I was..persuaded to give in a dimission befor the sentence of the Councell should pass quich I subscrybed & gave in to the hands of the Kings Advocate on the 9. 1741 Ld. Kames Decisions Court of Session 2 341 A Party who..had been committed to prison by the King's advocate. 1840 W. C. Curteis Rep. Cases Eccl. Courts 1 353 This Allegation was opposed by Addams for the Churchwardens. The King's Advocate and Haggard were heard in support of it. 1987 H. J. Bourguignon Sir William Scott, Lord Stowell ii. 41 He was appointed to the lucrative position of King's Advocate, the official who represented the government's interest before the admiralty court and the ecclesiastical courts. 2004 St. John's (Newfoundland) Tel. (Nexis) 8 Nov. a7 He was given additional responsibilities as King's Advocate in the Court of Vice-Admiralty in St. George's. < as lemmas |
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