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depute

verb as in deputize

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Advocate depute Chris Jones said the officers were forced to duck as Ley fired off a series of bolts at them from his bedroom.

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Advocate depute Alan Cameron KC told the hearing a list of witnesses and documents had been lodged which included a draft joint agreement of evidence.

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McKelvie's partner and SNP depute leader Keith Brown described her as a beloved mother-of-two, partner and grandmother who "lit up every room she was in with her positivity and bright smile".

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Advocate depute Greg Farrell said the pair had regularly been in touch with each other on Instagram, initially on "good terms" before there was a "falling out" over £50.

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The advocate depute said that Parker was diagnosed with a "recurring personality disorder" in 2021 and that doctors described him symptoms as a "paranoid personality trait".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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