Law Dictionary Definitions

advocatus  (ad-voh-kay-t<<schwa>>s).  [Latin  “advocate”]  1.Roman  law.  A  legal  adviser;  a person  who  assists  clients  with  cases  before  judicial  tribunals.  Cf.  CAUSIDICUS.  2.Hist.  The patron  who  has  an  advowson.  —  Also  termed  advowee;  avowee.  See  ADVOWSON.  3.Hist.  A person called on by another to warrant a title. [Blacks Law 8th]

advocator (ad-voh-kay-t<<schwa>>r), n.[Law Latin] Hist. 1.A person who calls on another to warrant a title. 2. A warrantor. 3. The patron of a benefice. [Blacks Law 8th]

advocatione      decimarum      (ad-v<<schwa>>-kay-shee-oh-nee      des-<<schwa>>-mair-<< schwa>>m), n.[Law Latin] Hist. A writ to collect a tithe belonging to the church. [Blacks Law 8th]

advocation  (ad-v<<schwa>>-kay-sh<<schwa>>n),  n.  Scots  law.  The  removal  of  a  criminal case from a lower court to the High Court of Justiciary for verdict. [Blacks Law 8th]

advocatio (ad-v<<schwa>>-kay-shee-oh), n.[Law Latin] Hist. 1.An inferior’s management of a business for a superior. 2. The defense of a religious establishment. 3.ADVOWSON. 4.Civil law. The quality, function, privilege, office, or service of an advocate; legal assistance. [Blacks Law 8th]

advocati ecclesiae (ad-v<<schwa>>-kay-tI e-klee-z[h]ee-ee), n. pl.[Latin “church advocates”] Hist.  Eccles.  law.  1.  Church  patrons  who  had  a  right  to  present  a  clerk  to  a  benefice.  See ADVOWSON. 2. Legal advocates retained to argue cases relating to a church. [Blacks Law 8th]

advocate-witness rule.See LAWYER-WITNESS RULE. [Blacks Law 8th]

advocate of the faith.Eccles. law. Counsel for the prosecution in a heresy trial. [Blacks Law 8th]

Advocate General.Scots law. An officer appointed under the Scotland Act of 1998 to advise the British gov-ernment on Scotland and to represent it in court. [Blacks Law 8th]

advocate-depute.Scots law. One of a number of advocates appointed by the Lord Advocate to prosecute criminal cases in his or her name. [Blacks Law 8th]