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Faculty of Advocates

British  

noun

  1. law the college or society of advocates in Scotland

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Roddy Dunlop KC, dean of the Faculty of Advocates, said it could have a "chilling effect" on free speech.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2024

The opposite argument has been put forward by a legal team led by Roddy Dunlop KC, the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2023

He referred himself to the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission and in April 2020 announced he would quit as Dean of the Faculty of Advocates.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2022

Roddy Dunlop KC, Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, also paid tribute to Mr Hamilton, who had been their oldest living member, as "one of the greats in the Scottish criminal courts".

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2022

Welwood was a Scotchman, and a letter from him to James Anderson, the eminent Scotish antiquary, will be found amongst the Anderson Papers in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 103, October 18, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

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