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Synonyms for advocate

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Synonyms for advocate

to aid the cause of by approving or favoring

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Synonyms for advocate

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"You have the documents, gentlemen," added the king's advocate, as he took his seat; "you can consult the testimony of Phoebus de Châteaupers."
"Well!" said the king's advocate roughly, "he is dying.
Secondly, for the advocates and counsel that plead.
Consequent upon dispensation of services of Abdul Latif Yousafzai, Advocate General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, from the office of Advocate General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the governor has appointed Shumail Ahmad Butt (Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan) as Advocate General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with immediate effect.
SHIKARPUR -- Two advocates died in a road accident at Jamra Bus Stop at Sukkur-Shikarpur National Highway in the limits of Lakhi Ghulam Shah, here on late other day night.
The exception provides that communication between an advocate and client will not be accorded any protection when it is made in furtherance of a criminal objective.In Kenya, this exception is found in the provision to Section 134, which states that "nothing in this section shall protect from disclosure (a) any communication made in furtherance of any illegal purpose and (b) any fact observed by any advocate in the course of his employmentshowing that any crime or fraud has been committed since the commencement of his employment".
Senior lawyer Hamid Khan appeared before the bench to represent the advocate general and also filed a two-page reply to the contempt notice.
The executive members also expressed serious concern over the arrest and detention of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman, Mohammad Yasin Malik and more than 200 activists of Jamat-e-Islami including its ameer, Dr Abdul Hameed Fayaz, and its spokesman, Zahid Ali, Advocate ahead of the hearing of the case by the Supreme Court.
In nursing school, many of us were taught to advocate for our patients by our professors.
Advocate Good Shepherd also was recognized as high performing in the following common adult procedures: heart failure, hip replacement and knee replacement.
Ijaz Muhammad Advocate, Additional Advocate General-I Peshawar High Court Peshawar, Mr.
Rab Nawaz Khan, Additional Advocate General Peshawar, Mr.
The former employee of Telkom Kenya Ltd claims compensation cash was deposited into the advocate's bank account and it was to be disbursed to a number of beneficiaries.
Ata advocate took over as new Advocate General of Balochistan and started work.
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