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In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General (sometimes abbreviated as AG) or Attorney-General (plural: Attorneys General (traditional) or Attorney Generals) is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions, they may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement, prosecutions or even responsibility for legal affairs generally. [1]

159 relations: Advocate General, Advocate General for Northern Ireland, Advocate General for Scotland, Afghanistan, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Anglo-Norman language, Attorney General (Isle of Man), Attorney General for England and Wales, Attorney General for Northern Ireland, Attorney General of Brazil, Attorney General of British Columbia, Attorney General of Indonesia, Attorney General of Ireland, Attorney General of Jamaica, Attorney General of Kenya, Attorney General of New South Wales, Attorney General of Ontario, Attorney General of Sri Lanka, Attorney-General (New Zealand), Attorney-General for Australia, Attorney-General of Queensland, Attorney-General of South Australia, Attorney-General of Tasmania, Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory, Attorney-General of the Northern Territory, Attorney-General of Victoria, Attorney-General of Western Australia, Australia, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, Brazil, Cabinet (government), Cabinet of Australia, Cabinet of Canada, Cabinet of New Zealand, Cabinet of the United States, Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Christian Porter, Civil law (legal system), Common law, Council of State (Norway), Counsel General for Wales, Crown Prosecution Service, Department of Justice (Hong Kong), Department of Justice (Philippines), Director of Public Prosecutions, Dominican Republic, Duchy of Cornwall, Duchy of Lancaster, Etymology, Ex officio member, ..., Executive Council of Hong Kong, Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador, Executive Council of Nova Scotia, Executive Council of Nunavut, Executive Council of Prince Edward Island, Executive Council of Saskatchewan, Executive Council of the Northwest Territories, Executive Council of Yukon, Federal government of Brazil, Federal government of the United States, Federal Senate, Fiji, Fiji Times, Government, Government Legal Department, Government of Hong Kong, Government of the Philippines, Government of Wales Act 2006, Grace Mendonça, Isle of Man, Jerusalem, Judge Advocate General, Jurist, Justice ministry, Kenya, Kiribati, Law, Law enforcement, Law Officers of the Crown, Legislative Council of the Isle of Man, List of Ministers of Law and Human Rights (Indonesia), Lord Advocate, Major general, Malay language, Malaysia, Marlene Malahoo Forte, Mauritius, Member of parliament, Michael Cullen (politician), Minister of Justice (New Zealand), Minister of Justice and Attorney General (Manitoba), Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Ministry of Justice (Quebec), Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Indonesia), Mohammad Ishaq Aloko, Monarchy of Australia, Monarchy of Canada, Muhammad Prasetyo, Natalia Poklonskaya, Nepal, New Zealand, New Zealand Parliament, Nolle prosequi, Norman conquest of England, Normans, Northern Ireland Assembly, Norwegian Prosecuting Authority, Office of the Attorney General (New Brunswick), Oxford English Dictionary, Pakistan, Parliament of Northern Ireland, Parliamentary counsel, Postpositive adjective, Power of attorney, President of Brazil, Prince of Wales, Private law, Prosecutions Division (Hong Kong), Prosecutor, Prosecutor General of Brazil, Public defender (Brazil), Public prosecutor general, Public Prosecutor's Office (Brazil), Raquel Dodge, Republic of Crimea, Riot, Samoa, Séamus Woulfe, Scots law, Scottish Government, Senior Counsel, Serbia, Singapore, Solicitor General for England and Wales, Solicitor General for Scotland, Solicitor General of Hong Kong, Solicitor General of the United States, State attorney general, State Council of the People's Republic of China, States and territories of Australia, Steven Pinker, Supreme Court of Cassation (Italy), Supreme Court of the United States, Supreme People's Procuracy of Vietnam, The Honourable, The Jamaica Observer, The New Zealand Herald, Tommy Thomas (barrister), Tonga, Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, U.S. state, United Kingdom, United States Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, University of Kansas, Washington, D.C., Welsh Government. Expand index (109 more) »

Advocate General

An advocate general is a senior officer of the law.

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Advocate General for Northern Ireland

The Advocate General for Northern Ireland is the chief legal adviser to the British Government on Northern Ireland law and the post is held by the Attorney General for England and Wales by virtue of that office.

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Advocate General for Scotland

Her Majesty's Advocate General for Scotland (Àrd-neach-tagraidh na Bànrighe airson Alba) is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, whose duty it is to advise the Crown and Government of the United Kingdom on Scots law.

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan (Pashto/Dari:, Pashto: Afġānistān, Dari: Afġānestān), officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia.

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Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, born (24 September) a Fijian politician and a Cabinet Minister, He is the Secretary of the FijiFirst party.

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Anglo-Norman language

Anglo-Norman, also known as Anglo-Norman French, is a variety of the Norman language that was used in England and, to a lesser extent, elsewhere in the British Isles during the Anglo-Norman period.

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Attorney General (Isle of Man)

The Attorney General (Yn Turneyr Theayagh or Yn Ard-Turneyr) of the Isle of Man is the Government's top legal adviser and has an ex officio (non-voting) seat in the Legislative Council.

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Attorney General for England and Wales

Her Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales, usually known simply as the Attorney General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown.

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Attorney General for Northern Ireland

The Attorney General for Northern Ireland is the chief legal adviser to the Northern Ireland Executive for both civil and criminal matters that fall within the devolved powers of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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Attorney General of Brazil

The Attorney General of the Union, or Solicitor General, (Advogado-Geral da União, AGU) is a cabinet-level position in the Brazilian government charged with advising the Executive Branch and representing the federal government of Brazil in legal proceedings.

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Attorney General of British Columbia

The Ministry of the Attorney General of British Columbia is a provincial government department responsible for the oversight of the justice system within the province of British Columbia, Canada.

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Attorney General of Indonesia

The Attorney General of Indonesia is the competent authority to advise the Government of Indonesia on matters of law.

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Attorney General of Ireland

The Attorney General (An tArd-Aighne) is a constitutional officer who is the official adviser to the Government of Ireland in matters of law.

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Attorney General of Jamaica

Attorney General of Jamaica is the chief law officer in Jamaica.

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Attorney General of Kenya

The Attorney General of Kenya is the head of the Kenyan State Law Office and the principal legal adviser to the government of Kenya.

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Attorney General of New South Wales

The Attorney General of New South Wales, in formal contexts also Attorney-General or Attorney General for New South Wales and usually known simply as the Attorney General, is a minister in the Government of New South Wales who has responsibility for the administration of justice in New South Wales, Australia.

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Attorney General of Ontario

The Attorney General of Ontario is the chief legal adviser to Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario and, by extension, the Government of Ontario.

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Attorney General of Sri Lanka

The Attorney General of Sri Lanka is the Sri Lankan government's chief legal adviser, and its primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.

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Attorney-General (New Zealand)

The Attorney-General is a political and legal officer in New Zealand.

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Attorney-General for Australia

The Attorney-General for AustraliaThe title is officially "Attorney-General".

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Attorney-General of Queensland

The Attorney-General of Queensland is a ministry of the Government of Queensland with responsibility for the state's legal and justice system.

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Attorney-General of South Australia

The Attorney-General of South Australia is the Cabinet minister in the Government of South Australia who is responsible for that state's system of law and justice.

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Attorney-General of Tasmania

The Attorney-General of Tasmania is a ministry of the Government of Tasmania with responsibility for the state's courts and tribunals.

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Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory

The Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory, in formal contexts also Attorney-General or Attorney General for the Australian Capital Territory, is the primary Law Officer of the Crown in the Australian Capital Territory.

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Attorney-General of the Northern Territory

The Attorney-General of the Northern Territory, in formal contexts also Attorney-General or Attorney General for the Northern Territory, is the primary Law Officer of the Crown in the Northern Territory.

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Attorney-General of Victoria

The Attorney-General of Victoria, in formal contexts also Attorney-General or Attorney General for Victoria, is a Minister in the Government of Victoria, Australia.

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Attorney-General of Western Australia

The Attorney-General of Western Australia is the member of the Government of Western Australia responsible for maintenance and improvement of Western Australia's system of law and justice.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) is Australia's national security agency responsible for the protection of the country and its citizens from espionage, sabotage, acts of foreign interference, politically motivated violence, attacks on the Australian defence system, and terrorism.

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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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Cabinet (government)

A cabinet is a body of high-ranking state officials, typically consisting of the top leaders of the executive branch.

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Cabinet of Australia

The Cabinet of Australia is the Australian Government's council of senior Ministers of the Crown, responsible to Parliament.

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Cabinet of Canada

The Cabinet of Canada (Cabinet du Canada) is a body of ministers of the Crown that, along with the Canadian monarch, and within the tenets of the Westminster system, forms the government of Canada.

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Cabinet of New Zealand

The Cabinet of New Zealand (Te Rūnanga o te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa) is the New Zealand Government's body of senior ministers, responsible to the New Zealand Parliament.

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Cabinet of the United States

The Cabinet of the United States is part of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States that normally acts as an advisory body to the President of the United States.

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Chief Executive of Hong Kong

The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is the representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and head of the Government of Hong Kong in China.

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Christian Porter

Charles Christian Porter (born 11 July 1970) is an Australian politician and lawyer who is the current Attorney-General of the Turnbull Government, in office since 20 December 2017.

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Civil law (legal system)

Civil law, civilian law, or Roman law is a legal system originating in Europe, intellectualized within the framework of Roman law, the main feature of which is that its core principles are codified into a referable system which serves as the primary source of law.

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Common law

Common law (also known as judicial precedent or judge-made law, or case law) is that body of law derived from judicial decisions of courts and similar tribunals.

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Council of State (Norway)

The Council of State (Norwegian: Statsrådet), is a formal body composed of the most senior government ministers chosen by the Prime Minister, and functions as the collective decision-making organ constituting the executive branch of the Kingdom.

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Counsel General for Wales

The Counsel General for Wales is the Welsh Government's Law Officer, which means the Government's chief legal adviser and representative in the courts.

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Crown Prosecution Service

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the principal public prosecuting agency for conducting criminal prosecutions in England and Wales.

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Department of Justice (Hong Kong)

The Department of Justice is the department responsible for the laws of Hong Kong headed by the Secretary for Justice.

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Department of Justice (Philippines)

The Philippine Department of Justice (Kagawaran ng Katarungan, abbreviated as DOJ) is under the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for upholding the rule of law in the Philippines.

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Director of Public Prosecutions

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is the office or official charged with the prosecution of criminal offences in several criminal jurisdictions around the world.

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Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic (República Dominicana) is a sovereign state located in the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region.

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Duchy of Cornwall

The Duchy of Cornwall (Duketh Kernow) is one of two royal duchies in England, the other being the Duchy of Lancaster.

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Duchy of Lancaster

The Duchy of Lancaster is, since 1399, the private estate of the British sovereign as Duke of Lancaster.

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Etymology

EtymologyThe New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time".

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Ex officio member

An ex officio member is a member of a body (a board, committee, council, etc.) who is part of it by virtue of holding another office.

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Executive Council of Hong Kong

The Executive Council of Hong Kong (ExCo;; Chinese name before the transfer of sovereignty: 行政局) is a formal body of advisers to the Chief Executive of Hong Kong that serves as a core policy-making organ of the Government of Hong Kong.

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Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador

The Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador (informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of Newfoundland and Labrador) is the cabinet headed by the lieutenant governor and composed of the ministers in office.

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Executive Council of Nova Scotia

The Executive Council of Nova Scotia (informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of Nova Scotia) is the cabinet of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

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Executive Council of Nunavut

The Executive Council of Nunavut or cabinet includes a Premier and seven Ministers and is elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly from among the Assembly members.

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Executive Council of Prince Edward Island

The Executive Council of Prince Edward Island (informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of Prince Edward Island) is the cabinet of that Canadian province.

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Executive Council of Saskatchewan

The Executive Council of Saskatchewan (informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of Saskatchewan) is the cabinet of that Canadian province.

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Executive Council of the Northwest Territories

The Executive Council of the Northwest Territories or cabinet consists of six Ministers and a Premier elected by the 19 members of the Legislative Assembly.

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Executive Council of Yukon

The Executive Council or Cabinet of Yukon, Canada, is chosen by the Premier from the elected members of the governing party in the Yukon Legislative Assembly.

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Federal government of Brazil

The federal government of Brazil is the national government of the Federative Republic of Brazil, a republic in South America divided in 26 states and a federal district.

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Federal government of the United States

The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government) is the national government of the United States, a constitutional republic in North America, composed of 50 states, one district, Washington, D.C. (the nation's capital), and several territories.

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Federal Senate

The Federal Senate (Senado Federal) is the upper house of the National Congress of Brazil.

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Fiji

Fiji (Viti; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी), officially the Republic of Fiji (Matanitu Tugalala o Viti; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी गणराज्य), is an island country in Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island.

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Fiji Times

The Fiji Times is a daily English-language newspaper published in Suva, Fiji.

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Government

A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, often a state.

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Government Legal Department

The Government Legal Department (previously called the Treasury Solicitor's Department until 2015) is the largest in-house legal organisation in the United Kingdom's Government Legal Service.

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Government of Hong Kong

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, commonly the Hong Kong Government or simplified as GovHK, refers to the executive authorities of the Hong Kong SAR.

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Government of the Philippines

The Government of the Philippines (Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas) is the national government of the Philippines.

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Government of Wales Act 2006

The Government of Wales Act 2006 (c 32) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reforms the National Assembly for Wales and allows further powers to be granted to it more easily.

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Grace Mendonça

Grace Maria Fernandes Mendonça (born 17 October 1968 in Januária) is a Brazilian lawyer, university professor and current Attorney General of Brazil, appointed by president Michel Temer after the resignation of Fábio Medina Osório.

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Isle of Man

The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin), also known simply as Mann (Mannin), is a self-governing British Crown dependency in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; القُدس) is a city in the Middle East, located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

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Judge Advocate General

A Judge Advocate General is a principal judicial officer for an armed service.

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Jurist

A jurist (from medieval Latin) is someone who researches and studies jurisprudence (theory of law).

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Justice ministry

A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice.

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Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in Africa with its capital and largest city in Nairobi.

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Kiribati

Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati (Gilbertese: Ribaberiki Kiribati),.

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Law

Law is a system of rules that are created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior.

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Law enforcement

Law enforcement is any system by which some members of society act in an organized manner to enforce the law by discovering, deterring, rehabilitating, or punishing people who violate the rules and norms governing that society.

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Law Officers of the Crown

The Law Officers of the Commonwealth are the chief legal advisers to the Crown, and advise and represent the central and devolved governments in the United Kingdom and national and sub-national governments in other Commonwealth realms.

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Legislative Council of the Isle of Man

The Legislative Council (Yn Choonceil Slattyssagh) is the upper chamber of Tynwald, the legislature of the Isle of Man.

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List of Ministers of Law and Human Rights (Indonesia)

Indonesia's Minister of Law and Human Rights (Menteri Hukum dan Hak Asasi Manusia) is the head of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights.

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Lord Advocate

Her Majesty's Advocate, known as the Lord Advocate (Morair Tagraidh, Laird Advocat), is the chief legal officer of the Scottish Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters that fall within the devolved powers of the Scottish Parliament.

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Major general

Major general (abbreviated MG, Maj. Gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries.

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Malay language

Malay (Bahasa Melayu بهاس ملايو) is a major language of the Austronesian family spoken in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia.

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Marlene Malahoo Forte

Marlene Patricia Malahoo Forte, QC is a Jamaican politician.

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Mauritius

Mauritius (or; Maurice), officially the Republic of Mauritius (République de Maurice), is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Michael Cullen (politician)

Sir Michael John Cullen (born 5 February 1945) is a former New Zealand politician.

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Minister of Justice (New Zealand)

The Minister of Justice (in Māori: Tāhū o te Ture) is a minister in the government of New Zealand.

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Minister of Justice and Attorney General (Manitoba)

The Minister of Justice and Attorney General is a cabinet minister in the government of Manitoba.

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Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

The Minister of Justice is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for the Department of Justice, chief federal legal adviser and is also Attorney General of Canada.

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Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness

The Minister of Public Safety (Ministre de la Sécurité publique), formerly the Solicitor General and then the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's domestic security department, Public Safety Canada.

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Ministry of Justice (Quebec)

The Ministry of Justice (French: Ministère de la Justice) is responsible for the administration of courts and prosecutors in Quebec, Canada.

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Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs

The Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs is a government ministry, responsible for courts in Zimbabwe.

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Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Indonesia)

The Ministry of Law and Human Rights is an Indonesian ministry that administers laws and human rights.

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Mohammad Ishaq Aloko

Mohammad Ishaq Aloko محمد اسحاق الکو; born 1935) is the Attorney General of Afghanistan since August 2008. He was appointed by President Hamid Karzai after Abdul Jabar Sabit was forced to resign from the post. An ethnic Pashtun, he was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

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Monarchy of Australia

The monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary king or queen serves as the nation's sovereign.

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Monarchy of Canada

The monarchy of Canada is at the core of both Canada's federal structure and Westminster-style of parliamentary and constitutional democracy.

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Muhammad Prasetyo

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Natalia Poklonskaya

Natalia Vladimirovna Poklonskaya (p, Наталія Володимирівна Поклонська; born 18 March 1980) is a Russian politician, serving as Deputy of the State Duma of Russia from 5 October 2016.

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Nepal

Nepal (नेपाल), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल), is a landlocked country in South Asia located mainly in the Himalayas but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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New Zealand Parliament

The New Zealand Parliament (Pāremata Aotearoa) is the legislature of New Zealand, consisting of the Queen of New Zealand (Queen-in-Parliament) and the New Zealand House of Representatives.

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Nolle prosequi

Nolle prosequi is a legal term of art and a Latin legal phrase meaning "be unwilling to pursue","".

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Norman conquest of England

The Norman conquest of England (in Britain, often called the Norman Conquest or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, Flemish and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

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Normans

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Normanni) were the people who, in the 10th and 11th centuries, gave their name to Normandy, a region in France.

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Northern Ireland Assembly

The Northern Ireland Assembly (Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlan Assemblie) is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland.

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Norwegian Prosecuting Authority

Norwegian Prosecuting Authority (Påtalemyndigheten) is a body subordinate to the Norwegian Council of State.

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Office of the Attorney General (New Brunswick)

The Office of the Attorney General is a part of the Government of New Brunswick.

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Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the main historical dictionary of the English language, published by the Oxford University Press.

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Pakistan

Pakistan (پاکِستان), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (اِسلامی جمہوریہ پاکِستان), is a country in South Asia.

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Parliament of Northern Ireland

The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the Home Rule legislature of Northern Ireland, created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which sat from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended with the introduction of Direct Rule.

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Parliamentary counsel

Parliamentary counsel are lawyers who prepare legislation that it is proposed to pass into law.

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Postpositive adjective

A postpositive or postnominal adjective is an attributive adjective that is placed after the noun or pronoun that it modifies.

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Power of attorney

A power of attorney (POA) or letter of attorney is a written authorization to represent or act on another's behalf in private affairs, business, or some other legal matter.

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President of Brazil

The President of Brazil, officially the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil (Presidente da República Federativa do Brasil) or simply the President of the Republic, is both the head of state and the head of government of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

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Prince of Wales

Prince of Wales (Tywysog Cymru) was a title granted to princes born in Wales from the 12th century onwards; the term replaced the use of the word king.

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Private law

Private law is that part of a civil law legal system which is part of the jus commune that involves relationships between individuals, such as the law of contracts or torts (as it is called in the common law), and the law of obligations (as it is called in civil legal systems).

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Prosecutions Division (Hong Kong)

The Prosecutions Division (刑事檢控科) of the Department of Justice, is the public prosecution office in Hong Kong.

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Prosecutor

A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the common law adversarial system, or the civil law inquisitorial system.

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Prosecutor General of Brazil

The Prosecutor General of the Republic (Procurador-Geral da República) is the head of the Brazilian Federal Prosecution Office, an autonomous agency in charge of criminal prosecution and the defense of society in general.

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Public defender (Brazil)

Public defender offices in Brazil had its origin in the State of Rio de Janeiro, where on May 5, 1897, a decree established free legal assistance in the Federal District (then the city of Rio de Janeiro).

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Public prosecutor general

Public Prosecutor General may refer to.

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Public Prosecutor's Office (Brazil)

The Public Prosecutor's Office (Ministério Público, lit. "Public Ministry", also usually referred as "MP") is the Brazilian body of independent public prosecutors at both the federal (Ministério Público da União) and state level (Ministério Público Estadual).

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Raquel Dodge

Raquel Elias Ferreira Dodge (born in July 26, 1961) is the General Prosecutor of Brazil.

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Republic of Crimea

The Republic of Crimea (or; Республика Крым, Respublika Krym, Республіка Крим, Respublika Krym, Къырым Джумхуриети, Qirim Cumhuriyeti) is a federal subject of Russia that is located on the Crimean Peninsula.

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Riot

A riot is a form of civil disorder commonly characterized by a group lashing out in a violent public disturbance against authority, property or people.

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Samoa

Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa (Malo Saʻoloto Tutoʻatasi o Sāmoa; Sāmoa) and, until 4 July 1997, known as Western Samoa, is a unitary parliamentary democracy with eleven administrative divisions.

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Séamus Woulfe

Séamus Philip Woulfe SC (born 1 April 1962) is an Irish barrister who has served as the Attorney General of Ireland since June 2017.

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Scots law

Scots law is the legal system of Scotland.

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Scottish Government

The Scottish Government (Riaghaltas na h-Alba; Scots Govrenment) is the executive of the devolved Scottish Parliament.

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Senior Counsel

The title of Senior Counsel or State Counsel (post-nominal letters: SC) is given to a senior lawyer in some countries that were formerly part of the British Empire.

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Serbia

Serbia (Србија / Srbija),Pannonian Rusyn: Сербия; Szerbia; Albanian and Romanian: Serbia; Slovak and Czech: Srbsko,; Сърбия.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia.

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Solicitor General for England and Wales

Her Majesty's Solicitor General for England and Wales, known informally as the Solicitor General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Attorney General, whose duty is to advise the Crown and Cabinet on the law.

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Solicitor General for Scotland

Her Majesty's Solicitor General for Scotland (Àrd-neach-lagha a' Chrùin an Alba) is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Lord Advocate, whose duty is to advise the Crown and the Scottish Government on Scots Law.

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Solicitor General of Hong Kong

The Solicitor General of Hong Kong (Chinese: 法律政策專員) is head of the Legal Policy Division of the Department of Justice in Hong Kong.

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Solicitor General of the United States

The United States Solicitor General is the fourth-highest-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Justice.

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State attorney general

The state attorney general in each of the 50 U.S. states and territories is the chief legal advisor to the state government and the state's chief law enforcement officer.

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State Council of the People's Republic of China

The State Council, constitutionally synonymous with the Central People's Government since 1954 (particularly in relation to local governments), is the chief administrative authority of the People's Republic of China.

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States and territories of Australia

Australia (officially known as the Commonwealth of Australia) is a federation of six states, together with ten federal territories.

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Steven Pinker

Steven Arthur Pinker (born September 18, 1954) is a Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author.

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Supreme Court of Cassation (Italy)

The Supreme Court of Cassation (Corte Suprema di Cassazione) is the highest court of appeal or court of last resort in Italy.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.

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Supreme People's Procuracy of Vietnam

The Supreme People’s Prosecutor of Vietnam has the function of prosecution acts of justice and public prosecutor exercising state.

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The Honourable

The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable (abbreviated to The Hon., Hon. or formerly The Hon'ble—the latter term is still used in South Asia) is a style that is used before the names of certain classes of people.

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The Jamaica Observer

Jamaica Observer Limited is a daily newspaper published in Kingston, Jamaica.

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The New Zealand Herald

The New Zealand Herald is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment.

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Tommy Thomas (barrister)

Tommy Thomas is a Malaysian constitution law expert, civil litigator and the current Attorney General of Malaysia of Malaysian Indian origin.

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Tonga

Tonga (Tongan: Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is a Polynesian sovereign state and archipelago comprising 169 islands, of which 36 are inhabited.

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Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong

The transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China, referred to as "the Handover" internationally or "the Return" in Mainland China, took place on 1 July 1997.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States Attorney General

The United States Attorney General (A.G.) is the head of the United States Department of Justice per, concerned with all legal affairs, and is the chief lawyer of the United States government.

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United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the U.S. government, responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant administration. The Department of Justice administers several federal law enforcement agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The department is responsible for investigating instances of financial fraud, representing the United States government in legal matters (such as in cases before the Supreme Court), and running the federal prison system. The department is also responsible for reviewing the conduct of local law enforcement as directed by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The department is headed by the United States Attorney General, who is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate and is a member of the Cabinet. The current Attorney General is Jeff Sessions.

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University of Kansas

The University of Kansas, also referred to as KU or Kansas, is a public research university in the U.S. state of Kansas.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Welsh Government

The Welsh Government (Llywodraeth Cymru) is the devolved government for Wales.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_general

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