See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

LORD See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

ADVOCATE  , or See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate, the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law-officer of the See also:

• CROWN

crown in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . His business is to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as a public prosecutor, and to plead in all causes that concern the crown . He is at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• SYSTEM

system of public prosecutions by which criminal See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice is administered in Scotland, and thus his functions are of a far more extensive See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character than those of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English law-See also:

• OFFICERS

officers of the crown . He is aided by a See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general and by subordinate assistants called See also:

• ADVOCATES, FACULTY OF

advocates-depute . The See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of king's advocate seems to have been established about the beginning of the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Originally he had no See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to prosecute crimes without the concurrence of a private party; but in the See also:

• YEAR

year 1597 he was empowered to prosecute crimes at his own instance . He has the See also:

• PRIVILEGE

privilege of See also:

• PLEADING (Fr. plaider, plaidoyer)

pleading in See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court with his See also:

• HAT

hat on .