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单词 judge advocate general
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judge advocate general


judge advocate general

n. pl. judge advocates general or judge advocate generals Abbr. JAG The chief legal officer of a branch of the US armed forces.

judge advocate general

n, pl judge advocates general or judge advocate generals (Law) the civil adviser to the Crown on matters relating to courts martial and on military law generally

judge` ad′vocate gen′eral



n., pl. judge advocates general, judge advocate generals. the chief legal officer of an army, navy, or air force. [1860–65]

judge advocate general

The senior legal officer in a branch of the United States armed forces.
Thesaurus
Noun1.judge advocate general - the senior legal advisor to a branch of the militaryjudge advocate general - the senior legal advisor to a branch of the militaryarmed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"commissioned officer - a military officer holding a commission

Judge Advocate General


judge advocate general (J.A.G.)

n. a military officer who advises the government on courts-martial and administers the conduct of courts-martial. The officers who are judge advocates and counsel assigned to the accused come from the office of the judge advocate general or appointed by it to work certain court-martials. (See: court-martial, judge advocate)

Judge Advocate General (JAG)

in matters of martial or military law, the Judge Advocate General's department advises the government on matters of such law and reviews the conduct of courts martial. He will appoint barristers as Judge Advocates to sit in courts martial.
See JAG
See JAG

judge advocate general


  • noun

Words related to judge advocate general

noun the senior legal advisor to a branch of the military

Related Words

  • armed forces
  • armed services
  • military
  • military machine
  • war machine
  • law
  • jurisprudence
  • commissioned officer
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