plural of judge advocate

(tennis) An official who watches the lines of the court and judges whether the ball has landed in or out and also declares foot faults.

(US, derogatory, chiefly in right-wing discourse) A judge or justice who makes rulings based on personal political views or considerations rather than on the law, or who issues rulings intended to have political effects.

(idiomatic) I do not believe what you said.

A lay person who acts as (or is) a judge, or who assists a (professional) judge, in a court proceeding (especially in jurisdictions which do not use juries).

The chief judge of a car rally

(sometimes derogatory) Created by judges or judicial decision; used especially of law applied or established by the judicial interpretation of statutes so as to extend or restrict their scope, as to meet new cases, to provide new or better remedies, etc.

Badly judged, unwise, rash.

A secondary or auxiliary judge. / (India) The judge of a subordinate court.

(simile) Thoroughly serious.