Prefect
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In French law. The name given to the public functionary who is charged in chief with the administration of the laws, in each department of the country.
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See Crespin v. U. S., 168 U. S. 208, IS Sup. Ct 53, 42 In Ed. 438. The term is also used, in practically the same sense, in Mexico. But in New Mexico, a prefect is a probate judge.