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Advocate Depute

Ad·vo·cate De·pute (plural Ad·vo·cates De·pute)


noun 
Definition:
 
public prosecutor in Scotland: a law officer in Scotland, appointed to prosecute cases on behalf of the Lord Advocate. The equivalent in the English and U.S. legal systems is a public prosecutor.

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