Justizrath -What does it mean?

    My great-grand father Johann Friedrich Rötger was Justizrath Regierungs und Landgerichtsadvokat in Glückstadt.I couldn't find a translation for this expression.Who can help me to understand it? Is there someone who can help me to find his father,also referred as"Justizrath Rötger"?


    Thank you very much

    In german language there is one and the same word for council and for councillor. ("Rat" or the older spelling "Rath")
    Your great-grandfather of course was a councillor. In his case he was a sort of judicial officer. (Justizrat)


    Regierungsadvokat means an advocate/lawyer who advised and represented the gouvernment in juridical questions and affairs.


    A Landgerichtsadvocat was an advocate/lawer who was licenced to represent defendants at a "Landgericht". Today that would mean a district court, but in old times it could also be the highest court of a land.


    Gisela

    Ein Jegliches Ding hat seine Zeit, und alles Vornehmen unter dem Himmel hat seine Stunde
    Derzeitige Lieblingsbaustellen: GRUNER u. LINCKE, Sachsen, ab 1849 auch Schweiz. WURMSER von Schaffoltzheim, Bormio, Schweiz, Elsaß, Heidelberg. STREICHER, Ulm, 16. Jhdt. (Schwenckfelder). WERNBORNER, Hessen u.a.