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Procurador del comun

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

(Spanish) The officer appointed to make inquiry, put a petitioner in possession of land prayed for, and execute the lieutenant-governor’s orders. See 52 U. S. 115, 13 L. Ed. 627.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Sp. In Spanish law, an officer appointed to make inquiry, put a petitioner in possession of land prayed foe, and execute the orders of the executive in that behalf. See Lecompte v. U. S., 11 How. 115, 126, 13 In Ed. 627.