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 Lindsey Dalziel, for the Crown, had previously told the court about the "devastating" loss suffered by Taylor's family.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 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 Scott McKenzie told the court that Colville, an early years assistant, had no previous convictions.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 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 Wynkyn de Worde
Thirdly, those on more than £60,000 - essentially some heads and deputes - will receive a flat pay rise of £3,000.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2023
Under the terms of the latest offer, pay rises would be capped for those earning above £60,000 - principally some heads and deputes.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2022
The deputes start moving toward him and he starts walking at them again.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2022
At about 10:40 p.m., deputes in Nash County tried to pull the vehicle over, Stone said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2022
He mends it a second time, but now, without trial, deputes it to be henceforth a strong and perfect helmet.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various
"But media teams deputed inside Jinnah Convention Centre do not know what's happening outside."
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
"So far we have captured 10 leopards," says AK Singh, the forest official deputed of the district.
From BBC ● May 18, 2023
When he failed to do so, his cousin Amy Lowell took on the task: “I like to imagine that the task has been deputed to me in his stead.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
He was usually deputed to pick up the opposing playmaker and the coach Bobby Haarms described him as being "like a kamikaze pilot" as he pursued him, often deep into opposition territory.
From The Guardian ● May 22, 2013
In this document he styles himself Inquisitor of France, Aquitaine, Gascony, and Languedoc, deputed by the Holy See and the Parlement.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
Amid fresh cries of "Shame!" irate M. P.'s exacted a promise that there be no "deputing."
From Time Magazine Archive
On such a night as this he could not affront his Emperor and this brilliant assemblage by deputing his task to a subordinate.
From The Intriguers by William Le Queux
The Church is chary of deputing these powers, which she undoubtedly possesses; and few ladies are likely to receive them.
From The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca by Maurice Henry Hewlett
At one moment they half resolved on deputing a message to the chamber of the Prince; at another they discussed the propriety of departing in a body.
From Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier by Charles James Lever
By deputing to these clans the conduct of all important matters relating to war, the Fujiwara eventually lost their high position and influence.
From Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation by Lafcadio Hearn
