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LEGAL ADVOCATE [15 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Profession: Organization
CONT

counsel 1) n. a lawyer, attorney, attorney-at-law, counsellor, counsellor-at-law, solicitor, barrister, advocate or proctor (a lawyer in admiralty court), licensed to practice law. In the United States they all mean the same thing.

OBS

"advocate, ""legal counsel, ""member of the bar, "and "attorney" : a person entered on the Roll.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation de la profession (Droit)
CONT

«avocat», «conseiller juridique», «membre du Barreau», «procureur» : quiconque est inscrit au Tableau.

OBS

Les termes :«avocat», «conseiller juridique» peuvent être utilisés pour désigner celui qui possède des connaissances approfondies dans le domaine juridique et qui est affilié à un Barreau.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización de la profesión (Derecho)
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Record 2 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Profession: Organization
DEF

Person who receives a power of representation by virtue of a mandate.

OBS

"advocate", "legal counsel", "member of the bar", "attorney" : person entered on the Roll.

OBS

The term advocate is today the title of counsel in Scotland ...

OBS

advocate: of a civil law jurisdiction.

OBS

Reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos and from Law Terminology with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation de la profession (Droit)
OBS

mandataire : Projet de loi cité : The Powers of Attorney Act, Bill 3, (3rd reading), 4th Session, 31st Legislature (Man.), page 1.

OBS

«avocat», «conseiller juridique», «membre du Barreau», «procureur» : quiconque est inscrit au Tableau.

OBS

«Advocate» est l'avocat en Écosse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización de la profesión (Derecho)
CONT

En la mayoría de los países de habla inglesa se emplean los términos lawyer o attorney (llamado igualmente attorney-at-law en los Estados Unidos) para referirse a los letrados o abogados en general [...]. En Inglaterra y Gales la profesión tiene dos ramas: la de los barristers y la de los solicitors [...]. Los solicitors son letrados cuya función principal es asesorar a sus clientes en la solución de los problemas jurídicos que tengan [...]. Los barristers o barristers-at-law son la élite de la profesión, ya que gozan del monopolio o derecho exclusivo para ejercer la abogacía ante los tribunales superiores de Inglaterra y Gales [...]

OBS

abogado: Reproducido del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos y de Law Terminology con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 3 - external organization data 2022-12-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 4 2020-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Legal Profession: Organization
CONT

How do I apply for legal aid?... If you qualify financially and have a legal issue that we cover, we will help pay for a lawyer to represent you. You can apply by :... asking a legal aid worker, if you are in jail or a detention centre; asking a rights’ advisor or patient advocate, if you are in a hospital...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Organisation de la profession (Droit)

Spanish

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Record 5 2020-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Legal Profession: Organization
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
CONT

The minimum knowledge that lawyers need to be competent visual advocates includes a working knowledge of the scientific principles that explain visual processing and basic visual rhetoric concepts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Organisation de la profession (Droit)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)

Spanish

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Record 6 2018-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Foreign Trade
OBS

The Pacific Corridor Enterprise Council(PACE) was formed in 1989 as a non-profit, business organization to promote cross-border transactions and advocate the removal of barriers that impede the legitimate flow of people, goods and services across the Canada/USA border. PACE fosters and works toward the development of mutually beneficial trade and travel policies, and the elimination of unnecessary legal and political barriers between the two nations. PACE provides a forum for bringing together interested parties who share a vision of expanded economic opportunities through cross-border trade.... PACE provides cross-border businesses with an influential voice by working with policy and lawmakers to remove barriers and impediments to cross-border trade and commerce.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

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Record 7 2018-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Social Services and Social Work
  • Cinematography
OBS

SkyWorks is a catalyst, advocate and participant in social change through community centred film making and public engagement. SkyWorks Charitable Foundation was established in 1983 as a non-profit documentary organization dealing with contemporary social issues. The process of creating the films and the subsequent dissemination is a community development effort, working with local, regional, and national groups, to create strategies for social change. [SkyWorks focuses] on documentary and community development projects in four program areas : working with children and families as a force for social change; promoting recovery by challenging stereotypes and systemic barriers with people experiencing mental health issues; informing and supporting community engagement in health care policies and practices [and] documenting barriers and exploring alternative approaches to accessing justice, preventing discrimination and ensuring fairness within the various legal systems... that structure the lives of persons belonging to particular marginalized communities.

Key term(s)
  • Sky Works Charitable Foundation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Services sociaux et travail social
  • Cinématographie
Key term(s)
  • Sky Works Charitable Foundation

Spanish

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Record 8 2017-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Law (various)
  • Internet and Telematics
OBS

The Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy [and] Public Interest Clinic(CIPPIC) is a law and technology clinic based at the Centre for Law, Technology [and] Society at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law in Canada. CIPPIC' s mandate is to advocate in the public interest on diverse issues arising at the intersection of law and technology.... CIPPIC was established at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law in the fall of 2003. It is the first legal clinic of its kind in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Droit (divers)
  • Internet et télématique
OBS

La Clinique d'intérêt public et de politique d'Internet du Canada Samuelson-Glushko (CIPPIC) est une clinique en droit et de la technologie basée au Centre de recherche en droit, technologie et société dans la section de common law de l'Université d'Ottawa au Canada. Le mandat de CIPPIC est de promouvoir dans l'intérêt public diverses questions survenant à l'intersection du droit et de la technologie. [La CIPPIC] a été mise sur pied […] à l'automne 2003. C'est la première clinique juridique de ce genre au Canada.

Spanish

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Record 9 2013-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Profession: Organization
OBS

"advocate", "legal counsel", "member of the bar", "attorney" : a person entered on the Roll.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation de la profession (Droit)
OBS

"avocat", "conseiller juridique", "membre du Barreau", "procureur" : quiconque est inscrit au Tableau.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización de la profesión (Derecho)
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Record 10 2010-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work
  • Rights and Freedoms
DEF

One that pleads or defends the cause of another.

CONT

When the battered woman arrives at the shelter she will be assisted in determining her immediate needs, and an advocate will be assigned to help her get her needs satisfied... The woman's advocate will help make contact with paralegal assistance from the Legal Aid Society.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
  • Droits et libertés
DEF

Personne qui défend quelqu'un ou quelque chose contre des agresseurs. Champion, protecteur, soutien.

CONT

L'intervenante joue un rôle actif comme personne ressource pour amener non seulement les femmes à réfléchir mais faire en sorte que cette réflexion débouche sur des changements concrets dans leur vie personnelle et sociale.

OBS

Le terme «intervenant» a un sens plus large que «défenseur» car l'intervention peut prendre plusieurs formes.

Key term(s)
  • défenseure

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Servicios sociales y trabajo social
  • Derechos y Libertades
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Record 11 2005-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Legal Profession: Organization
OBS

One trained and licensed to prepare, manage, and either prosecute or defend a court action as an agent for another and who also gives advice on legal matters that may or may not require court action. Many of the terms listed above may be used interchangeably depending on the jurisdiction. These titles, and the rank and powers attributed to them, vary significantly from province to province and from state to state, thus necessitating a careful check of the pertinent jurisdiction's usage before choosing a term for a legal text. The following trends may be noted. "Lawyer" is a generic term. "Counsel", frequently used in Canada, may be a general term, or may refer more specifically to a lawyer who can plead in court. A "barrister" is a courtroom lawyer as opposed to a "solicitor" who is basically an office lawyer.(In Canada, both of these functions may be carried out by the same person). In some jurisdictions, "attorney" is used as a synonym of "lawyer", but in others, "attorney" becomes synonymous with "solicitor". Moreover, an "attorney-at-law" may sometimes plead in court. "Advocate" is the general word for a lawyer in Roman law jurisdictions(i. e. Quebec).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Organisation de la profession (Droit)
OBS

Personne qui, régulièrement inscrite à un barreau, conseille en matière juridique ou contentieuse, assiste et représente ses clients en justice. On dit une avocate pour une femme ou un avocat. «Conseil» est rare et ne se dit que d'un avocat qui défend les intérêts d'une personne en dehors de toute action judiciaire. Le terme «avoué», désignant un officier ministériel qui représente les parties devant les tribunaux et fait les actes de procédure, n'est pas employé au Canada.

OBS

avocat : appellation officielle n° 2343-110 de la Classification canadienne descriptive des professions.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Organización de la profesión (Derecho)
DEF

Jurista que se dedica profesionalmente a la defensa de los intereses públicos o privados, ante los tribunales, asumiendo la dirección técnica de dicha defensa y dirigiéndola; su relación con el litigante es la de un contrato de arrendamiento de servicios.

CONT

En la mayoría de los países de habla inglesa se emplean los términos lawyer o attorney (llamado igualmente attorney-at-law en los Estados Unidos) para referirse a los letrados o abogados en general [...]. En Inglaterra y Gales la profesión tiene dos ramas: la de los barristers y la de los solicitors [...]. Los solicitors son letrados cuya función principal es asesorar a sus clientes en la solucíon de los problemas jurídicos que tengan [...]. Los barristers o barristers-at-law son la élite de la profesión, ya que gozan del monopolio o derecho exclusivo para ejercer la abogacía ante los tribunales superiores de Inglaterra y Gales [...]

OBS

abogado: término y contexto reproducidos del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 12 2005-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Legal Profession: Organization
OBS

Legal officers of the Regular Force or Reserve Force that are holding a position on the establishment of the Office of the Judge Advocate General(JAG) are, regardless of where they are employed, directly responsible to the JAG for the performance of their duties, except where legal officers are posted to a military trial judge position or employed in the Directorate of Personnel Legal Services.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Organisation de la profession (Droit)
OBS

Les avocats militaires de la force régulière ou de réserve qui occupent un poste établi au tableau d'effectif du Cabinet du juge-avocat général (JAG) relèvent du JAG pour l'accomplissement de leurs fonctions, et ce, peu importe leur lieu d'emploi, sauf lorsque ceux-ci sont affectés à un poste de juge militaire ou employés à la Direction--Service du personnel.

Spanish

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Record 13 2003-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
DEF

Right of an advocate to be heard in legal proceedings.

OBS

In England only barristers have the right of audience in the higher courts, generally speaking, while both barrister and solicitors have this right in the lower courts.

OBS

advocacy right: Term reproduced from Law Terminology with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Key term(s)
  • advocacy rights

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
DEF

Droit d'un avocat de plaider devant une juridiction déterminée.

OBS

droit de plaider : Terme reproduit de Law Terminology avec l'autorisation du Bureau des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho procesal
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Record 14 1995-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Government Accounting
OBS

This account was established pursuant to section 21 of the Financial Administration Act, to record the service estates of deceased members of the Canadian Forces pursuant to section 42 of the National Defence Act. Net assets of estates are distributed to legal heirs under the administration of the Judge Advocate General, in his capacity as Director of Estates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Comptabilité publique
OBS

Ce compte a été établi en vertu de l'article 21 de la Loi sur la gestion des finances publiques, pour inscrire les successions militaires des membres décédés des Forces canadiennes conformément à l'article 42 de la Loi sur la défense nationale. Les avoirs nets des successions sont distribués aux héritiers légaux par les soins du juge-avocat général, en sa qualité de directeur des successions.

Spanish

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Record 15 1995-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Position and Functional Titles (Armed Forces)
OBS

Title provided by DEMR 2-3-3, Department of National Defence.

OBS

New title and abbreviation since September 1994.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes et fonctions (Forces armées)
OBS

Titre anglais fourni par DBE 2-3-3 du ministère de la Défense nationale.

OBS

Nouveaux titre et abréviation depuis septembre 1994.

Spanish

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