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ADVOCATUS. A pleader, a narrator. Bract. 412 a, 372 b.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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La palabra <<abogado>> proviene del latin advocatus, y en su exacta acepcion, designa a un perito en derecho que se dedica a defender en juicio, por escrito o por palabra, los derechos o los intereses de los litigantes y tambien a dar opiniones o emitir dictamen sobre las cuestiones o puntos legales que se les consulte.
1729-1731, nec pars conventa nec Cl.mus eiusdem Advocatus petitam notam honorarii Cl.mi Advocati D.ni Y articulatim confectam et apocham soluti honorarii porrexit, sine quibus, ut par est, actio contentiosa institui nequit, et facto in casu nec instituta est;
Esta funcion se describia al inicio como la de un <<protector>> o <<abogado>> (advocatus), pero a partir del siglo VII se uso el termino <<patrono>>.
Parmi ses nombreuses realisations, elle a recu le prix Advocatus Emeritus du Barreau du Quebec en 2011, un prix qui souligne une carriere exceptionnelle, et a ete reconnue parmi les 25 avocates les plus influentes au Canada.
The Greek term designates not merely a fellow citizen who offers assistance in the courtroom but one who lends special prestige to his client's defense because he speaks from a "decidedly higher status." (15) The parakletos has special influence--like the Latin patronus or, in the Roman Empire, the advocatus. That the Johannine community used Roman legal metaphor to describe Jesus suggests a subtle challenge to Rome's supposed supremacy.
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