19/07/2015
SPECIFIC ROLE OF ADVOCATES IN PAKISTAN
By:
AZMATULLAH WARRAICH
Advocate High Court
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Advocacy (Wakalat) is a very noble profession; and those who link with this profession are also very noble persons (advocates). It helps victim against offender, oppressed against oppressor, and weak against stronger, therefore due to its service, it also provide equal and full opportunity to poor and rich to put his/her case before honourable judges without any fear and undue influence. Hence, advocacy is essential part of administration of justice.
Meaning of Advocate
(i) Advocate mid - 14C, " one whose profession is to plead cases in a Court of justice," a technical term from Roman Law, from O, Fr. avocate, from L. advocatus "one called to aid," orig. pp. of advocate "to call" ( as witness or advisor) from ad- " to" +vocare "to call,” [1]
(ii) Advocate, in law, a person who is professionally qualified to plead the cause of another in a Court of law. As a technical term, advocate is used mainly in those legal systems that derived from the Roman law. [2]
(iii) A person who assists, defend, pleads or prosecutes of another. [3]
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