| judge advocate general n. pl. judge advocates general or judge advocate generals Abbr. JAG The chief legal officer of a branch of the U.S. armed forces. |
judge advocate general
n pl judge advocates general, judge advocate generals
(Law) the civil adviser to the Crown on matters relating to courts martial and on military law generally
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| Noun | 1. |  judge advocate general - the senior legal advisor to a branch of the militaryarmed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" commissioned officer - a military officer holding a commission |
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