Judge Advocate
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
An officer of a court-martial, whose duty is to swear in the other members of the court, to advise the court, aud to act us the publie prosecutor; but he is also so far the counsel for the prisener as to be bound to protect lin: from the necessity of answering criminating questions, and to object to leading questions when propounded to other witnesses.