accessary vs advocate

accessary

noun
  • Someone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense. 

adj
  • Accompanying as a subordinate; additional; accessory; especially, uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See accessory. 

advocate

noun
  • Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel. 

  • A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves. 

  • A person who speaks in support of something, or someone. 

  • Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor. 

verb
  • To appeal from an inferior court to the Court of Session. 

  • To engage in advocacy. 

  • To call a case before itself for decision. 

  • To encourage support for something. 

  • To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly. 

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