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Judge Advocate General
In short they are known as JAG who are the senior officers serving the US army, airforce or navy as incharge of maintaining military law.
judge advocate
n. a military officer with legal training who has the mixed duties of giving advice on legal matters to the group of officers sitting as a court-martial (both judge and jury) and acting as the prosecutor of the accused serviceman ...
Judge Advocate
An officer at a court-martial who may act as clerk, prosecutor and/or legal advisor to the court.
Judgment
A final determination by a court; the official decision of the court.
JUDGE ADVOCATE. An officer who, is a member of a court martial. 2.
Term: Judge Advocate
Definition: An officer at a court-martial who may act as clerk, prosecutor and/or legal advisor to the court.
Term: Judgment
Definition: A final determination by a court; the official decision of the court.
At a general court martial, and sometimes at a district court, a judge advocate representing the judge advocate general officiates, his functions being very much those of a legal assessor to the court.
encompasses only questions of law arising from trials by court-martial in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard in cases where a death sentence is imposed, where a case is certified for review by the Judge Advocate ...
There is no jury. Instead, the court is made up of career military officers and they are advised by a prosecutor called judge advocate. The judge advocate cannot vote as to judgment but the officers, when there are more than one, vote on a finding.
: a court-martial that consists of at least three officers, a trial judge advocate, and a defense counsel and that has authority to impose a limited sentence and hear only noncapital cases
compare general court-martial summary court-martial ...
 See also: Office, Advocate, Judge, Court, Officer
  
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