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The Army Legal Corps (ALC) was a former corps of the British Army. It is now amalgamated into the Adjutant General's Corps. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Adjutant Generals Corps is a corps in the British Army responsible for many of its general administrative services. ... A corps (a word that immigrated from the French language, pronounced IPA: , but originating in the Latin corpus, corporis meaning body; plural same as singular) is either a large military unit or formation, an administrative grouping of troops within an army with a common function (such as artillery or signals... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Adjutant Generals Corps is a corps in the British Army responsible for many of its general administrative services. ...

The Army Legal Staff received full corps status on 1 November 1978. It was always the smallest corps in the Army and consisted only of commissioned officers, all of them either qualified solicitors, barristers or advocates. The head of the corps was the Director of Army Legal Services, a Major-General. The members of the corps provided legal advice to the Army as an organisation and to individual officers and soldiers and also prosecuted at courts martial. November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... In military organizations, a commissioned officer is a member of the service who derives authority directly from a sovereign power, and as such holds a commission from that power. ... A solicitor is a type of lawyer in many common law jurisdictions, such as the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Republic of Ireland, Canada and some States of Australia but not the United States. ... English barrister A barrister is a lawyer found in most common law jurisdictions who principally, but not exclusively, represents litigants as their advocate before the courts of that jurisdiction. ... It has been suggested that Barrister#Advocates in Scotland be merged into this article or section. ... Major General or Major-General is a military rank used in many countries. ... A court-martial (plural courts-martial) is a military court that determines punishments for members of the military subject to military law. ...

On 6 April 1992, the corps became the Army Legal Services Branch of the Adjutant General's Corps (AGC), but retains a separate identity and its own cap badge. April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... A cap badge is a badge worn on the front of uniform headgear and distinguishes the wearers organisation. ...

The corps motto was Justitia in Armis and the regimental march was Scales of Justice, both of which are retained by the Army Legal Services Branch. A motto is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... The Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa is considered amongst the greatest marches ever written. ...