Faculty of Advocates

British  

noun

1. law the college or society of advocates in Scotland

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Example Sentences

Scotland's top lawyers - the Faculty of Advocates - put it this way: "The not proven verdict may be a safety valve for jurors who have not reached the threshold for conviction but reject the impossibility of guilt."

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Roddy Dunlop KC, dean of the Faculty of Advocates, will represent the police federation and two of the officers involved in the incident which ended with Mr Bayoh's death.

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Those comments were described as "reprehensible" by the dean of the faculty of advocates and sparked a Tory attempt to remove the Green MSP from the committee.

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The dean of the faculty of advocates, Roddy Dunlop KC, said Chapman should consider her role as deputy convener of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee as her remarks conflicted with Holyrood guidance on impartiality.

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Labour MSP Paul O'Kane asked Chapman to withdraw her remarks, state her respect for the rule of law and independence of the judiciary "without qualification" and acknowledge the concerns of the dean of the faculty of advocates.

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