Attorney General of the Irish Free State

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government office legal office public office

The Attorney General of the Irish Free State was the chief legal adviser to the government and its primary law officer during the existence of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1937.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government office ⓘ
legal office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Irish Free State NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy Executive Council of the Irish Free State NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Department of the President of the Executive Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oireachtas of the Irish Free State NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalStatus constitutional officer of the Irish Free State ⓘ
country Irish Free State NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryCreatedFor Irish Free State NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryStatusDuringExistence British Commonwealth dominion ⓘ
endTime 1937 ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
jurisdiction Courts of the Irish Free State NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfOffice English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Irish Free State NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeAbolishedInContextOf adoption of the Constitution of Ireland 1937 ⓘ
officeCreatedInContextOf establishment of the Irish Free State ⓘ
officeHeldBy Conor Maguire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hugh Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ
James Geoghegan NERFINISHED ⓘ
James M. O’Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ
John A. Costello NERFINISHED ⓘ
Patrick J. Ruttledge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Patrick Lynch NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeHoldersWere qualified barristers ⓘ
officeScope civil law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
officeType cabinet-level legal adviser ⓘ
partOf Government of the Irish Free State NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Attorney General for Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy Attorney General of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibility advising the government on legal matters ⓘ
overseeing public prosecutions policy ⓘ
representing the state in legal proceedings ⓘ
role chief legal adviser to the government of the Irish Free State ⓘ
primary law officer of the Irish Free State ⓘ
seat Dublin Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1922 ⓘ
style Attorney General NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo Executive Council of the Irish Free State NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorState Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Solicitor-General for Ireland → replacedInPracticeBy → Attorney General of the Irish Free State ⓘ
Attorney General for Ireland (for the whole island, historically) → replacedBy → Attorney General of the Irish Free State ⓘ
subject surface form: Attorney General for Ireland