Procurator

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Procurator \Proc"u*ra`tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. procurateur. See
     {Procure}, and cf. {Proctor}. ]
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     1. (Law) One who manages another's affairs, either generally
        or in a special matter; an agent; a proctor. --Chaucer.
        Shak.


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     2. (Rom. Antiq.) A governor of a province under the emperors;
        also, one who had charge of the imperial revenues in a
        province; as, the procurator of Judea.
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     {Procurator fiscal} (Scots Law), public prosecutor, or
        district attorney.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  procurator
       n 1: a person authorized to act for another [syn: {proxy}, {placeholder}]
       2: (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman emperor to
          manage finance and taxes

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  68 Moby Thesaurus words for "procurator":
     MC, advocate, agent, alter ego, alternate, amicus curiae, attorney,
     attorney-at-law, backup, backup man, bailiff, barrister,
     barrister-at-law, butler, champion, counsel, counselor,
     counselor-at-law, croupier, curator, custodian, deputy, dummy,
     emcee, executive officer, exponent, factor, figurehead,
     friend at court, guardian, housekeeper, intercessor, landreeve,
     lawyer, legal adviser, legal counselor, legal expert,
     legal practitioner, legalist, librarian, lieutenant, locum,
     locum tenens, majordomo, master of ceremonies, mouthpiece,
     paranymph, pinch hitter, pleader, proctor, proxy, representative,
     sea lawyer, second in command, secondary, self-styled lawyer,
     seneschal, solicitor, stand-in, steward, substitute, surrogate,
     understudy, utility man, vicar, vicar general, vice, vicegerent
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PROCURATOR, civil law. A proctor; a person who acts for another by virtue of 
  a procuration. Procurator est, qui aliena negotia mandata Domini 
  administrat. Dig 3, 3, 1. Vide Attorney; Authority. 
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PROCURATOR in rem suam. Scotch law. This imports that one is acting as 
  attorney as to his own property. When an assignment of a thing is made, as a 
  debt, and a procuration or power of attorney is given to the assignee to 
  receive the same, he is in such case procurator in rein suam. 3 Stair's 
  Inst. 1, Sec. 2, 3, &c.; 3 Ersk. 5, Sec. 2; 1 Bell's Com. B. 5, c. 2, s. 1, 
  Sec. 2.