JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL Definition & Meaning

judge advocate general

noun

Military.

plural judge advocates general, judge advocate generals.

the chief legal officer of an army, navy, or air force.

judge advocate general

noun

the civil adviser to the Crown on matters relating to courts martial and on military law generally

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Origin of judge advocate general¹

First recorded in 1860–65

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One of them, North Charleston Rep. Chris Murphy, praised DeSantis, a former Navy judge advocate general, this month at a Bluffton campaign event as “the only candidate that has worn our nation’s uniform.”

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One of them, North Charleston Rep. Chris Murphy, praised DeSantis, a former Navy judge advocate general, earlier this month at a Bluffton campaign event as “the only candidate that has worn our nation’s uniform.”

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Both were Navy judge advocate generals and served in Iraq.

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They are both former judge advocate generals, or military lawyers.

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Realizing street life was unsustainable, he escaped by joining the Marines in 2001, eventually serving in Japan as a paralegal for the judge advocate general, or JAG Corps.

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