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The storehouse and barrack have been long completed; also apartments for the chaplain of the regiment, and for the judge-advocate, in which last, criminal courts, when necessary, are held; but these are petty erections.
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I know you didn't mean to put both of our necks in a bight-but good intentions are no good when the trial judge-advocate reads the charges.
The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967
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The judge-advocate stated the case against Fred very briefly.
The Boy Scouts In Russia Captain John Blaine
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During the War of 1812, Wheaton had edited the _National Advocate_, writing a series of important papers on neutral rights; and, subsequently, he had become division judge-advocate of the army, and justice of the marine court of New
A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 DeAlva Stanwood Alexander
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The president was Colonel Bolton; the judge-advocate, Fletcher Raincock,
Recollections of Old Liverpool A Nonagenarian
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The judge-advocate of the court was Mr. William H. Norris of Baltimore, and
As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century Marian Gouverneur
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Being a judge-advocate he talks law, and impresses you with the idea that every other judge-advocate has in some respects been faulty; but he has taken pains to master his duties perfectly, and makes no mistakes.
The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer John Beatty
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He will always be remembered in history as judge-advocate of the court that tried Major André.
A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 DeAlva Stanwood Alexander
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My relations with General Thomas during that time -- the winter and spring of 1868-9, when he was, by my selection, president of a very important military court, with General Hancock and General Terry as the other members, and General Holt as the judge-advocate -- were very cordial, at least on my part.
Forty-Six Years in the Army John M. Schofield
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Also Major Henry Hitchcock had joined at the same time as judge-advocate.
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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