judge advocate general
n · noun
Simple meaning
The Judge Advocate General of the Australian Defence Force is an office established under the Defence Force Discipline Act.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈdʒʌˈdʒædvəkətˈdʒɛnɚəl
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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n
The Judge Advocate General of the Australian Defence Force is an office established under the Defence Force Discipline Act.
The post of Judge Advocate General in India, as a head of Judge Advocate General's Department, is held by a major general who is the legal and judicial chief of the Army.
A judge advocate general is a principal judicial officer for a military branch or the armed forces at large, typically the most senior judge-advocate.
The Chief of the combined Legal and Judicial system of the three Armed Forces in Sri Lanka.
The judge advocate general of the Canadian Forces is the senior legal officer who superintends the administration of military justice in the Canadian Armed Forces, and provides legal advice on military matters to the governor general, the minister of national defence, the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces.
noun
The senior legal advisor to a branch of the military
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This meaning: The Judge Advocate General of the Australian Defence Force is an office established under the Defence Force Discipline Act.
Used this way, judge advocate general is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in technical or specialist writing contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Technical/specialist writing
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