Advocate General of Madras

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial legal position ⓘ
legal office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Madras Presidency ⓘ
appointedBy British colonial authorities in India ⓘ
Government of the Madras Presidency ⓘ
linked to: 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 Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India

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 Madras ⓘ
linked to: Chennai

Madras Presidency ⓘ
present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India ⓘ
linked to: Chennai
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 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 Executive Council of the Madras Presidency ⓘ
Governor of Madras Presidency ⓘ
usedLanguage English ⓘ
legal English of British India ⓘ
worksWith High Court of Judicature at Madras ⓘ
linked to: Madras High Court

judicial officers of the Madras Presidency ⓘ
legal departments of the Madras Presidency government ⓘ

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Presidency College, Madras → founderRole → Advocate General of Madras ⓘ
Advocate General of Madras → replacedBy → Advocate General of Tamil Nadu ⓘ
linked to: Advocate General of Madras
C. P. Ramaswami Iyer → positionHeld → Advocate-General of Madras Presidency ⓘ
linked to: Advocate General of Madras
Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer → positionHeld → Advocate-General of Madras Presidency ⓘ
linked to: Advocate General of Madras