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Prætor

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Lat In Roman law. A municipal officer of the city of Rome, being the chief Judicial magistrate, and possessing an extensive equitable jurisdiction. --Prætor fidei-commissarins. In the civil law. A special prætor created to pronounce judgment in cases of trusts or fidet-comimssa.

Inst. 2, 23, 1.