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advocate definition - legal

n

One who actively assists, defends, pleads, prosecutes, speaks, writes, or otherwise supports the cause of another.

n

A lawyer.

v

To speak, write, or otherwise support a cause by argument.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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