King's advocate

King's advocate
King's (Queen's) advocate
An English advocate who holds, in the courts in which the rules of the canon and civil law prevail, a similar position to that which the attorney general holds in the ordinary courts, i.e., he acts as counsel for the crown in ecclesiastical, admiralty, and probate cases, and advises the crown on questions of international law. In order of precedence, he ranks after the attorney general

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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