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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LORD ADVOCATE

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Lord Advocate is a noun.
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WHAT DOES LORD ADVOCATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lord Advocate

Her Majesty's Advocate, known as the Lord Advocate, is the chief legal officer of the Scottish Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters that fall within the devolved powers of the Scottish Parliament. He or she is the chief public prosecutor for Scotland and all prosecutions on indictment are conducted by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, nominally in the Lord Advocate's name. The officeholder is one of the Great Officers of State of Scotland. The current Lord Advocate is The Rt. Hon. Frank Mulholland, QC.

Definition of Lord Advocate in the English dictionary

The definition of Lord Advocate in the dictionary is the chief law officer of the Crown: he acts as public prosecutor and is in charge of the administration of criminal justice.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LORD ADVOCATE

Lord Chamberlain
Lord Chancellor
Lord Chief Justice
Lord Chief Justice for Northern Ireland
Lord Chief Justice of England
Lord Cobham
Lord Haw-Haw
Lord High Chancellor
Lord High Commissioner
Lord Howe Island
Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Lieutenant
Lord Lyon
Lord Mayor
Lord Muck
Lord of Appeal
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
Lord of Hosts
Lord of Misrule

WORDS THAT END LIKE LORD ADVOCATE

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Synonyms and antonyms of Lord Advocate in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Lord Advocate» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

上帝代言人
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Translator English - Spanish

Señor Abogado
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English

Lord Advocate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रभु अधिवक्ता
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Translator English - Arabic

الرب المحامي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Лорд-адвокат
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Lord Advocate
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Translator English - Bengali

লর্ড অ্যাডভোকেট
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Translator English - French

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Translator English - Malay

Lord Advocate
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Translator English - German

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Translator English - Japanese

主の提唱
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Translator English - Korean

주님 의 옹호자
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Translator English - Javanese

Gusti Pembela
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Chúa Advocate
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Translator English - Tamil

இறைவன் வழக்கறிஞர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लॉर्ड ऍडव्होकेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hanedan vekili
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Translator English - Italian

lord Advocate
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Translator English - Polish

Pan rzecznik
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Translator English - Ukrainian

Лорд -адвокат
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Translator English - Romanian

Domnul avocat
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Translator English - Greek

Lord Advocate
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Here Advokaat
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Translator English - Swedish

Lord Advocate
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Translator English - Norwegian

Herre Advocate
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Trends of use of Lord Advocate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LORD ADVOCATE»

The term «Lord Advocate» is normally little used and occupies the 119.622 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LORD ADVOCATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Lord Advocate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LORD ADVOCATE»

Discover the use of Lord Advocate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Lord Advocate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Letter to the Right Hon. F. Jeffrey, Lord Advocate of ...
At page 367, “ For this period (140 days) the Lord Advocate is entitled—certainly not without control, for he is accountable to Parliament and to the Public, but without any legal check—to cause the incarceration of any individual in Scotland,  ...
Lucius VERUS (pseud.), 1831
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Corrected Report of the Speech of the Right Honourable the ...
942.075 53- CORRECTED REPORT OF THE SPEECH OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD ADVOCATE OF SCOTLAND. I BELEIVE, Sir, that I need scarcely state that the part of the great measure introduced to the House by the Noble ...
Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey, 1831
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Speech of the lord advocate [J. Moncreiff] on introducing a ...
[The Speaker having, feft the chair, feid the House resolved itself into;- Committee , the Lord Advocate proceeded :] Sir, I have now to move a resolution, — " That a Bill be introduced to abolish the Annuity-Tax in Edinburgh, and to make ...
James Moncreiff (1st baron.), 1860
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An Expostulatory Letter, Addressed to Nicholas Lewis, Count ...
A N Expostulatory Letter,^ Addressed to NICHOLAS LEWIS, Count Zinzendorff, AND Lord Advocate of the Unitas Fratrum. By GEORGE WHITEFIELD, A.B. Late of Fembrok e-Co liege, Oxford, AND Chaplain to the Right Honourable the ...
George Whitefield, 1753
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A Letter to the Lord Advocate of Scotland [Henry Dundas ...
The Right Honourable H E N R Y D U N D A S of MELVILLE, Esq; LORD ADVOCATE. MY LORD, As addresses have already been paid to your confederated Triumvirs, lihould think myself wanting in my duty to your Lordship, and insensible to ...
‎1777
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Culloden papers: comprising an extensive and interesting ...
The Lord Advocate to Sir Robert Walpole - - - - 111 CXL VI — Gen1 Wade to the Lord Advocate ibid. CXLVIL— M' Murdoch to the Lord Advocate - . - - 1 1 2 CXL VIII.— Lord Lovat to Mr John Forbes 113 CXLIX. — Mr Scrope to the Attorney ...
H. R. Duff, ... Culloden, 1815
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Culloden papers: correspondence from 1625 to 1748. To which ...
Pace. CIX. — The Lord Advocate to the Magistrates of Glasgow - - 79 CX. — The Lord Advocate [probably to Mr. Scrope.] - - - - 80 CXI. — Mr Scrope to the Lord Advocate - 83 CXI1. — Mr Delafaye to the Lord Advocate and Sollicitor of Scotland.
Culloden papers, H R Duff, 1815
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Culloden papers: comprising an extensive and interesting ...
Page. CIX.— The Lord Advocate to the Magistrates of Glasgow - - 79 CX. — The Lord Advocate [probably to Mr. Scrope.] - - - - 80 CXI. — Mr Scrope to the Lord Advocate - 83 CXI1. — Mr Delafaye to the Lord Advocate and Sollicitor of Scotland.
H. R. Duff, 1815
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Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
That this alteration took place by an Act of Council in that year in consequence of an arrangement with the then Sheriff of Edinburgh, and, as the Deponent thinks, with the concurrence of the Lord Advocate, and was adopted by the Magistrates ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1822
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The Infamous Burke and Hare: Serial Killers and ...
LORD ADVOCATE RAE: Do you know what the name of that strange man and woman is now? WILLIAM HARE: I could not say the name. LORD ADVOCATE RAE: Is Gray the name, do you think? WILLIAM HARE: Yes, Gray. LORD ADVOCATE ...
R. Michael Gordon, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LORD ADVOCATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Lord Advocate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sheku Bayoh death: Family seek meeting with Scotland's chief …
He said: “Two weeks ago I wrote to the lord advocate suggesting some form of interim statement or report on the PIRC investigation may be ... «The Courier, Jul 15»
2
Travel bill for Salmond's wife almost £30000 since 2011
It emerged only two ministers were involved: Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland and Salmond. Mrs Mulholland's bill for £160 was for one return trip between ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
3
Scottish Sentencing Council recruitment of legal members
The third legal member, a prosecutor, will be nominated by the Lord Advocate. The objectives of the Scottish Sentencing Council are to ... «Scottish Legal News, Jul 15»
4
US refuses to give Scots cops CIA torture report
Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland, Scotland's top prosecutor, has confirmed he is “still awaiting the outcome” of a request for an un-redacted ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jul 15»
5
Pilots Group May Fight Recorder's Release
Therefore, after the AAIB refused to do so, Scotland's Lord Advocate asked the court to order the combined cockpit voice-flight data recorder's ... «Aviation Today, Jul 15»
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Police Scotland crackdown on speeding described as 'state …
A spokesman for the Crown Office said the Lord Advocate had agreed to Police Scotland using formal warnings as a part of a six-month pilot for ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Man who failed in bid to prosecute the Lord Advocate to appeal to …
A convicted criminal who was refused audience with Scottish judges on the matter of privately prosecuting the Lord Advocate is to to appeal to ... «Scottish Legal News, Jul 15»
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Lockerbie families lose fight for appeal against bomber conviction
Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland said no Crown Office investigator or prosecutor had ever raised concerns about the evidence used to convict ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
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Convict looks to privately proscecute Crown laywer
On Thursday, Mr Stirton wanted his 67-year-old friend James McDonald to address the court about the allegations facing the Lord Advocate. «Scotsman, Jul 15»
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MSPs call for death inquiry changes
The committee also wants the Lord Advocate to provide written reasons for a decision not to hold an FAI routinely to families rather than just ... «The Courier, Jun 15»

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