Legal Definition and Related Resources of Judge advocate
Meaning of Judge advocate
An officer of a court martial who is to discharge some duties at the trial of offenders. His duties are to prosecute in the name of the United States; hut he shall so far consider himself as counsel for the prisoner, after the prisoner shall have made his plea, as to object to leading questions to any of the witnesses, or any question to the prisoner the answer to which might tend to criminate himself. He is, further, to swear the members of the court before they proceed upon any trial. Rules & Articles of War, art. 69; 2 Story, U. S. Laws, 1001; Holt, Dig. passim.
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Judge advocate in Law Enforcement
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