depute
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In 2009 she was appointed the principal advocate depute, becoming the first woman to be appointed to this post.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Advocate depute William Frain Bell KC told the men's trial: "The tax collectors in this case were a group of individuals who never had any intention of parting with the VAT."
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
The advocate depute asked: "I am asking you as you stand here on oath if you remember were there any grievances on the Edradynate between Brian and David?"
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
Advocate depute Louise Beattie had earlier told how Majewicz - who was born in Poland and moved to Scotland in 2008 - had three previous convictions for violence, including serious assault.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025
Than wh hym came ye lorde Wyllyam Hawarde as depute to ye duke of Norfolke in ye rome of ye marshal of Englande on horsbacke.
From The Maner of the Tryumphe of Caleys and Bulleyn and The Noble Tryumphant Coronacyon of Quene Anne, Wyfe unto the Most Noble Kynge Henry VIII by Worde, Wynkyn de