| 单词 | queen's advocate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasQueen's Advocate Queen's Advocate n. now historical (a) the chief legal officer of the Crown in Scotland, Ireland, and certain Commonwealth countries; cf. King's Advocate n. at king n. Compounds 5b; Lord Advocate n.; (b) British a legal representative of the Crown in an ecclesiastical court. ΚΠ 1704 Acct. Proc. Privy Council Scotl. against D. Baillie 12 The Queen's Advocate told him, he would prosecute him upon the Statute of Leasing-Making. 1837 Morning Post 16 Nov. The Queen's Advocate then addressed the Court on behalf of the churchwardens. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 205/1 The High Court of Admiralty of Ireland..having a judge, a registrar, a marshal and a king's or queen's advocate. 1968 Internat. & Compar. Law Q. 17 269 The Legal Adviser to the Foreign Office became the repositary of the vestigial remains of the office of Queen's Advocate. 2006 P. Peebles Hist. Sri Lanka v. 61 The Queen's Advocate begged the governor to pardon the monk. < as lemmas |
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