JUDGE ADVOCATE

By SovConn | June 13, 2013

judge advocate.Military law. 1. An officer of a court-martial who acts as a prosecutor. 2. A legal adviser on a military commander’s staff. 3. Any officer in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps or in a department of a U.S. military branch. — Abbr. JA.

staff judge advocate.A certified military lawyer with the staff of a convening or supervisory

authority that exercises general court-martial jurisdiction.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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