See Also: procurator(dictionary)
procurator(dictionary)
PROCURATOR, civil law(law)
PROCURATOR in rem suam(law)

procurator (iou)



procurator noun. ME.
[(Old French procurateur from) Latin procurator manager, agent, deputy, tax-collector in a province, from procurat-: see PROCURATION, -ATOR. Cf. PROCTOR.]
Hist. A Roman officer who collected the taxes, paid the troops, and attended to the interests of the treasury in an imperial province, sometimes with other administrative duties. ME.
A person employed to manage the affairs of someone else; a person appointed with legal authority to act on behalf of another; a manager, a steward; an agent, an attorney. Long obsolete exc. Hist. ME.
Law. A proctor representing others in a court of law, esp. in countries retaining Roman civil law and in English ecclesiastical courts; spec. in Scotland, a lawyer practising before the lower courts. LME.
procurator fiscal in Scotland, the public prosecutor of a district, appointed by the Lord Advocate.
An advocate, a supporter, a guardian. LME-E17.
A person who or thing which brings or helps to bring something about; a producer of. L15-M17.
= PROCTOR noun 4. (The official name at certain Scottish universities.) E16.
In some Italian cities, a public administrator or magistrate. E17.
procuratorship noun the position, function, or period of office of a procurator L16.