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advocate

One summoned to a person's aid, especially in a court of law; professional pleader in a court of justice.

More common terms are attorney, lawyer, barrister, or counsel, but advocate is retained in such countries as Scotland and France, whose legal systems are based on Roman law.
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LORD NOBLEKIRK, } THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mintlaw), } DONALD DREW, Esquire (Advocate-Depute).
Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context
A DISTINGUISHED Advocate of Republican Institutions was seen pickling his shins in the ocean.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Now, that you may reach the Lord Advocate well recommended, I give you here a letter to a namesake of your own, the learned Mr.
Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
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