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• Lord Advocate — Morair Tagraidh Titulaire actuel Rt. Hon. Frank Mulholland QC depuis le 19 mai 2011 Création 1483 Mandant …   Wikipédia en Français

• Lord advocate — 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}.] 1. One who pleads… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Lord Advocate — the senior law officer for Scotland. All prosecutions run in his name, and he represents many government departments in Scotland. He is a member of the government but need not be an Member of Parliament. Actions by and against government… …   Law dictionary

• Lord Advocate — Lord Ad|vo|cate, the the most important official in Scotland s legal system. The Lord Advocate chooses new judges, suggests new laws, and decides whether or not a law needs to be changed …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Lord Advocate — Her Majesty s Advocate (or when the monarch is male His Majesty s Advocate), known as the Lord Advocate ( gd. Morair Tagraidh), is the chief legal officer of the Scottish Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters… …   Wikipedia

• Lord Advocate — Her Majesty’s Advocate, auch Lord Advocate ist der Chef Justitiar der schottischen Exekutive und der Krone in Schottland für Zivil und Strafrecht. Er verlor wegen der Devolution des schottischen Parlamentes an Macht. Der Lord Advocate ist der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• lord advocate — noun : the chief law officer of the crown in Scotland who in practice delegates his powers as principal prosecutor in criminal matters to the solicitor general and the four advocates depute * * * Lord Advocate see under ↑advocate • • • Main Entry …   Useful english dictionary

• (the) Lord Advocate — the Lord Advocate [the Lord Advocate] noun the senior legal official in Scotland (equivalent to the ↑Attorney General in England, Wales and Northern Ireland) who is responsible for advising the ↑Scottish Parliament on the law and who appears on… …   Useful english dictionary

• MacCormick v. Lord Advocate — (1953 SC 396) was a Scottish legal action in which John MacCormick (the Rector of the University of Glasgow) and Ian Hamilton then part of the Glasgow University Scottish Nationalist Association contested the right of Queen Elizabeth II to style… …   Wikipedia

• Burmah Oil Co. v Lord Advocate — Burmah Oil Company Ltd. v Lord Advocate , [1965] AC 75, was a court case, raised in Scotland, and decided ultimately in the House of Lords. The case is an important decision in UK constitutional law and had unusual legal repercussions at the time …   Wikipedia

• Hughes v Lord Advocate — 1963 SC (HL) 31 is a famous English tort case decided by the House of Lords on causation.A young boy was playing with an oil lamp that had been left in the street. He accidentally dropped it into an open manhole causing an explosion, burning him… …   Wikipedia