judge advocate general

American  

noun

Military.

plural

judge advocates general, judge advocate generals

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

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judge advocate general British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of judge advocate general

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

“Is it possible Russia would permit it to be re-registered in Russia without an inspection? It’s possible,” said Eugene Fidell, research scholar at Yale Law School and a former Coast Guard judge advocate general.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The Coast Guard has teams that are specially trained to come down and take control of vessels like this,” said William Baumgartner, former judge advocate general and chief counsel for the Coast Guard.

From The Wall Street Journal

Navy judge advocate general officer, and Michele Morrow, a former candidate for state superintendent, are also running for the Republican Senate nomination.

From The Wall Street Journal

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:

From Salon

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.”

From Seattle Times