Overview
An advocate is a professional or non-professional in the field of law. Different countries’ legal system use the term with somewhat differing meanings. The broad equivalent in many English law–based jurisdictions could be a barrister or a solicitor. However, in Scottish, South African, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Polish, Israeli, South Asian and South American jurisdictions, “advocate” indicates a lawyer of superior classification.[1]
“Advocate” is in some languages an honorific for lawyers, such as “Adv. Sir Alberico Gentili“.[2] “Advocate” also has the everyday meaning of speaking out to help someone else, such as patient advocacy or the support expected from an elected politician; those senses are not covered by this article.
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