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judge advocate

NOUN
legal adviser to military commander
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He is also a veteran who served in the Navy as a judge advocate general.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

“Is it possible Russia would permit it to be re-registered in Russia without an inspection? It’s possible,” said Eugene Fidell, research scholar at Yale Law School and a former Coast Guard judge advocate general.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

Starting in the early 1900s, Congress enacted predecessors to Section 12406 that used the term in this way; members of the armed forces, including the Army’s judge advocate general, confirmed this interpretation.

From Slate • Oct. 30, 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

Not long afterward he became judge advocate general of the Wyoming National Guard.

From Buffalo Bill's Spy Trailer Or, The Stranger in Camp by Ingraham, Prentiss




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