The Collaborative International Dictionary
Judge \Judge\ (j[u^]j), n. [OE. juge, OF. & F. juge, fr. OF. jugier, F. juger, to judge. See Judge, v. i.]
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(Law) A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for that purpose.
The parts of a judge in hearing are four: to direct the evidence; to moderate length, repetition, or impertinency of speech; to recapitulate, select, and collate the material points of that which hath been said; and to give the rule or sentence.
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One who has skill, knowledge, or experience, sufficient to decide on the merits of a question, or on the quality or value of anything; one who discerns properties or relations with skill and readiness; a connoisseur; an expert; a critic.
A man who is no judge of law may be a good judge of poetry, or eloquence, or of the merits of a painting.
--Dryden. A person appointed to decide in a trial of skill, speed, etc., between two or more parties; an umpire; as, a judge in a horse race.
(Jewish Hist.) One of the supreme magistrates, with both civil and military powers, who governed Israel for more than four hundred years.
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pl. The title of the seventh book of the Old Testament; the Book of Judges.
Judge Advocate (Mil. & Nav.), a person appointed to act as prosecutor at a court-martial; he acts as the representative of the government, as the responsible adviser of the court, and also, to a certain extent, as counsel for the accused, when he has no other counsel.
Judge-Advocate General, in the United States, the title of two officers, one attached to the War Department and having the rank of brigadier general, the other attached to the Navy Department and having the rank of colonel of marines or captain in the navy. The first is chief of the Bureau of Military Justice of the army, the other performs a similar duty for the navy. In England, the designation of a member of the ministry who is the legal adviser of the secretary of state for war, and supreme judge of the proceedings of courts-martial.
Syn: Judge, Umpire, Arbitrator, Referee.
Usage: A judge, in the legal sense, is a magistrate appointed to determine questions of law. An umpire is a person selected to decide between two or more who contend for a prize. An arbitrator is one chosen to allot to two contestants their portion of a claim, usually on grounds of equity and common sense. A referee is one to whom a case is referred for final adjustment. Arbitrations and references are sometimes voluntary, sometimes appointed by a court.
Advocate \Ad"vo*cate\, n. [OE. avocat, avocet, OF. avocat, fr. L. advocatus, one summoned or called to another; properly the p. p. of advocare to call to, call to one's aid; ad + vocare to call. See Advowee, Avowee, Vocal.]
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One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.
Note: In the English and American Law, advocate is the same as ``counsel,'' ``counselor,'' or ``barrister.'' In the civil and ecclesiastical courts, the term signifies the same as ``counsel'' at the common law.
One who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth.
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Christ, considered as an intercessor.
We have an Advocate with the Father.
--1 John ii. 1.Faculty of advocates (Scot.), the Scottish bar in Edinburgh.
Lord advocate (Scot.), the public prosecutor of crimes, and principal crown lawyer.
Judge advocate. See under Judge.
Wiktionary
n. (context US English) A commissioned officer acting as a lawyer to advise a court martial on points of law or to act as prosecutor.
WordNet
n. an officer assigned to the judge advocate general
a staff officer serving as legal adviser to a military commander
Wikipedia
A judge advocate is an officer of the court or judicial officer, usually associated with the armed services. Judge advocate roles include:
- Commissioned officers serving as legal advisors in one of the Judge Advocate General's Corps in the United States
- Judge Advocate of the Fleet in the British Royal Navy
- Judge Advocate of New South Wales, a senior colonial official in Australia from 1788 to 1823
See also
- Judge Advocate General, the principal judge advocate in several jurisdictions
Usage examples of "judge advocate".
He was military in his bearing, language, and attitude, an oddity in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, where the opposite qualities were held in some esteem.
He waited for the opening gambit to be made by the Deputy Judge Advocate, who was sitting to his left at the far end of the table.
I report for duty into a unit where my quarry is working, and I go about my assigned duties while gathering evidence for the judge advocate general.
Edwards had roundly cursed the fact that there was no judge advocate in the fleet.
It made it easier for the deputy judge advocate if he was given a written question immediately it was asked: he simply numbered it and wrote down the number and corresponding reply in his rough copy of the minutes.
But all I could think of was the cold, factual summing up of the Judge Advocate.
The Judge Advocate General's Corps captain appointed as defense counsel stood waiting for him as his escorting Marines marched him across the scarlet carpet.
She told d'Alembord that she already knew something of her husband's predicament, and explained how the two men from the Judge Advocate General's office had visited her with their outrageous demands.
Third, you may make a statement under oath and subject to cross-examination by the trial judge advocate.
A marine placed a chair for Jack a few paces in front of the rest, and there he sat, his hand going to hitch forward his non-existent sword, while the judge advocate read the document authorizing the court to assemble.
Fine, judge Advocate General's Corps, had entered upon active duty for the duration plus six months on May 1, 1942.
After court tomorrow I'll see the staff judge advocate and request you be assigned to the case as Lew's personal attorney.
The Judge Advocate may tell them what the law is, but the Court is human.