judge advocate general Meaning of "judge advocate general"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) the senior legal advisor to a branch of the military

Usage(s):

  1. As chief judge of the ministry's security section, he did a brilliant job, won promotion over the heads of others to become judge advocate general of the Defense Ministry.
  2. And the commander of the Naval Investigative Service and the Navy's judge advocate general were relieved of their commands.
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