An
advocate is a type of professional
person in several different
legal systems and it is also a commonly used
honorific for remarkable lawyers, such as in "
Adv. Sir Alberico Gentili". The broad equivalent in many
English law-based jurisdictions can be a
barrister. However, in
Scottish,
South African,
Italian,
French,
Spanish,
Portuguese, Scandinavian,
South Asian and
South American jurisdictions,
advocate is also a word to indicate lawyers of superior classification.