judge advocate general

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noun, plural judge advocates general, judge advocate generals.Military.

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

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Origin of judge advocate general

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby judge advocate general

Jude the Obscure, Judezmo, judge, judge a book by its cover, one can't, judge advocate, judge advocate general, Judge Lynch, judge-made, Judge not, that ye be not judged, Judges, judgeship

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How to use judge advocate general in a sentence

Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.
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“They are hypocritical on this very issue,” Shearer said about Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder and other public officials.
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“I think it is important to say it is too soon to judge success or failure,” said Col. Steven Warren, a Pentagon spokesman.
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Who among Scalise's constituents could possibly care if he supported naming a post office for a black judge who died in 1988?
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It also contains some clunky passages of adultery, temptations of the flesh, and general sexual awkwardness.
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A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.
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In the year of misery, of agony and suffering in general he had endured, he had settled upon one theory.
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Judge or sheriff, it was all one to them, each being equally terrible in their eyes.
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To others the fierce desire for social justice obliterates all fear of a general catastrophe.
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“And the matter of the will was all disposed of by the probate judge today, I hear,” said the judge, his hand on the door.
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British Dictionary definitions for judge advocate general

judge advocate general

noun plural judge advocates general or judge advocate generals

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

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