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judge advocate

NOUN
legal adviser to military commander
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He served as a judge advocate in the Air Force, eventually becoming the chief prosecutor for the Air Force in Europe.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

“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 Dec. 23, 2025

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 Oct. 4, 2025

DeSantis served when he was younger as a Navy “JAG,” or judge advocate general, deploying to Iraq.

From Slate Dec. 4, 2024

The deputy judge advocate held in contempt the net-work of the law, by which equitable rights are sometimes entangled: his was a court of request without appeal, and he took pleasure in asserting its finality.

From The History of Tasmania, Volume I by John West




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