JURIDICAL ADVOCATES, in the middle age, were those who from attending causes in the court of the comes, or count of the province, became judges themselves, and held courts of their vassals thrice a-year, under the name of the tria placita generalia. In consideration of this further service, they had a particular allowance of one third part of all fines, or mulcts, imposed on defaulters, &c. besides a proportion of diet for themselves and servants.