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Advocate Depute
Advocate Depute (plural Advocates Depute)


noun 
Definition:
 
public prosecutor in Scotland: a law officer in Scotland, appointed to prosecute cases on behalf of the Lord Advocate. The equivalent in the English and US legal systems is a public prosecutor.
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