Proctor

One appointed to represent in judgment the party who empowers him, by writing under his hand, called a "proxy." The term is used chiefly in the courts of civil, ecclesiastical, and admiralty law. The proctor is somewhat similar to the attorney. Ayliffe, Par. 421.

One appointed to maiiage the affairs of another or represent him in judgment. The authority was in writing under the hand of the principal and was called a proxy. One who is employed to manage for another proceedings in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. A proctor, strictly speaking, conducts the proceeding out of court, as an English solicitor does in common-law courts; while the advocate conducts those in court. But in this country the distinction is not observed. A proctor is properly appointed in writing, but not necessarily so. Until final decree, he has entire control of the cause; but after decree he has no power except to enforce it. See Bened. Adm. § 334; W. Rob. 335. The fees of proctors are fixed by R. S. §§ 823- 829; but fees not in the statute may be allowed in special cases; The Sarah E. Kennedy, 25 Fed. 672. In England under the judicature acts proctors may practise in all divisions of the supreme court of judicature. One of the representatives of the clergy in the convocations of the two provinces of Canterbury and York in the church of England. An official in a university whose function it is to see that good order is kept. See Queen’s Proctor.

A procurator, proxy or attorney. More particularly, an officer of the admiralty and ecclesiastical courts whose duties and business correspond exactly to those of an attorney at law or solicitor in chancery. An ecclesiastical person sent to the lower house of convocation as the representative of a cathedral, a collegiate church, or the clergy of a diocese. Also certain administrative or magisterial officers in the universities.

— Proctors of the clergy. They who are chosen and appointed to appear for cathedral or other collegiate churches; as also for the common clergy of every diocese, to sit in the convocation house in the time of parliament; Wharton.

One who manages the business or commission of his principal; an ecclesiastical courts, corresponding with and solicitor, in equity.

1. An agent, or proxy. 2. An attorney in an admiralty, ecclesiastical or probate court. 3. An attorney in admiralty. An attorney at law answers to the "procurator" or proctor, of the civilians and canonists. See Attorney, 2. Procuration. Acting as agent for another; agency; proxy, q. v. When one person indorses a bill of exchange, or makes any other contract for another, the transaction is sometimes said to be effected per proc, by procuration. Procurator. A person employed to manage the affairs of another; an agent; a representative. See Minister.

The attorney in an admiralty so called.

1. Originally and properly, one who manages business for another, by his order; an agent, procurator, or proxy. But the word has been long and extensively used for the agent or officer who makes it his business to promote suits in the courts of admiralty, ecclesiastical, and probate jurisdiction, corresponding to an attorney or solicitor in common-law and equity courts. In England, the proctor was the active practitioner in the' ecclesiastical courts and the court of probate, whose duties corresponded with those of an attorney in the common-law courts. An attorney, prosecuting proceedings in the court of probate for a client, was considered to act as proctor. But by the judicature act, all the officers of this nature in England are now admitted and practise as solicitors of the supreme court of judicature, in whatever division of the court their cause belongs. 2. An ecclesiastic, chosen to represent a cathedral or collegiate church, or the clergy of a diocese in the lower designates a class of executive ofl Bcers in the universities. See Cowel; 4 Steph. Com. 326, note.

is one appointed to represent in judgment the party who empowers him, by writing under his and ecclesiastical law. The proctor is somewhat similar to the attorney. Ayl. Parerg. 421.