judge advocate general

noun

Military.

plural

judge advocates general, judge advocate generals 

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

judge advocate general

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of judge advocate general¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

Geoffrey S. Corn, a retired judge advocate general lawyer and former Army senior adviser for law-of-war issues, stated the obvious to the Times: That selling a dangerous product is different from an armed attack:

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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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