Advocate General of Madras

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colonial legal position legal office public office

The Advocate General of Madras was the chief legal advisor and representative of the British colonial government in the Madras Presidency, overseeing major legal and judicial matters in the region.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Advocate General of Tamil Nadu	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial legal position ⓘ legal office ⓘ public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Madras Presidency ⓘ
appointedBy	British colonial authorities in India ⓘ Madras Presidency ⓘ surface form: Government of the Madras Presidency
country	British India ⓘ
followedBy	Advocate General of Tamil Nadu ⓘ
governmentBranch	executive branch of the Madras Presidency ⓘ legal arm of the colonial administration in Madras ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	government pleaders and public prosecutors of the Madras Presidency ⓘ
hasRole	advising on constitutional and statutory interpretation within the Presidency ⓘ advising the colonial government on legal matters ⓘ drafting and vetting legislation for the Madras Presidency ⓘ overseeing important legal and judicial matters in the Madras Presidency ⓘ representing the colonial government in major court cases ⓘ supervising government litigation ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ British India ⓘ surface form: British Raj early 20th century ⓘ
jurisdiction	civil law matters involving the Madras Presidency government ⓘ criminal law matters involving the Madras Presidency government ⓘ revenue and administrative law matters in the Madras Presidency ⓘ
legalSystem	Anglo-Indian legal system ⓘ common law ⓘ
location	Chennai ⓘ surface form: Madras Madras Presidency ⓘ Chennai ⓘ surface form: present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
officeHolderOf	chief legal advisor of the Madras Presidency government ⓘ chief legal representative of the British colonial government in the Madras Presidency ⓘ
officeScope	entire territory of the Madras Presidency ⓘ
officeType	chief law officer of the Madras Presidency ⓘ
partOf	British colonial administration in India ⓘ administration of the Madras Presidency ⓘ
replacedBy	Advocate General of Madras State ⓘ Advocate General of Madras self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Advocate General of Tamil Nadu
responsibleFor	advising on legal implications of administrative decisions in the Madras Presidency ⓘ conducting or supervising prosecutions in important criminal cases involving the government ⓘ defending the colonial government in civil suits ⓘ
subordinateTo	Governor’s Executive Council of Madras Presidency ⓘ surface form: Executive Council of the Madras Presidency Governor of Madras Presidency ⓘ
usedLanguage	English ⓘ legal English of British India ⓘ
worksWith	Madras High Court ⓘ surface form: High Court of Judicature at Madras judicial officers of the Madras Presidency ⓘ legal departments of the Madras Presidency government ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Presidency College, Madras → founderRole → Advocate General of Madras ⓘ

Advocate General of Madras → replacedBy → Advocate General of Madras self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Advocate General of Tamil Nadu