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Lord Advocate
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chief legal officer of the Scottish Government
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- public office
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Official website
- www.gov.scot/About/People/Ministers/Lord-Advocate
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- topic's main category
- Category:Lord advocates
- inception
- 1483-00-00
- appointed by
- monarch of the United Kingdom
- substitute/deputy/replacement of office/officeholder
- Solicitor General for Scotland
- applies to jurisdiction
- Scotland
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- native label
- Morair Tagraidh
- position holder
- Andrew Hardie, Baron Hardie
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