Procurator

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

In Civil Law. A proctor; a person who acts for another by virtue of a procuration. Procurator cst, qui alicna negotia man data Domini administrate Dig. 3. 3. 1. See Attorney; Authority.

In the civil law. A proctor; a person who acts for another by virtue of a procuration. Dig. 3, 3, 1.

In old English law. An agent or attorney ; a bailiff or servant A proxy of a lord in parliament.

In ecclesiastical law. One who collected the fruits of a benefice for another. An advocate of a religious house, who was to solicit the interest and plead the causes of the society. A proxy or representative of a parish church.

— Procurator fiscal. In Scotch law, this is the title of the public prosecutor for each district, who institutes the preliminary inquiry into crime within his district. The office is analogous, in some respect, to that of "prosecuting attorney," "district attorney," or "state's attorney" in America.

— Procurator in rem suam. Proctor (attorney) in his own affnir, or with reference to his own property. This term is used in Scotch law to denote that a person is acting under a procuration (power of attorney) with reference to a thing which has become his own property. See Ersk. Inst. 3, 5, 2.

— Procurator litis. In the civil law. One who by command of another institutes and carries on for him a suit. Vicat, Voc. Jur.

— Procurator negotiorum. In the civil law. An attorney in fact; a manager of business affairs for another person.

— Procurator provinciae. In Roman law. A provincial officer who managed the affairs of the revenue, and had a judicial power in matters that concerned the revenue. Adams, Rom. Ant. 178.

I In old English law. An servant; a proxy of a lord in parliament.

In Scots law. Procurator fiscal: a public In the civil law. One who manages the under the instructions of his principal; curator litis: the manager of another's a legal agent or attorney. Procurator of another's business or affairs; an agent In the Roman law. Procurator provincise: managed the revenue, and had a judicial enue.

In ecclesiastical law. One who collected another; an advocate of a religious house of a parish church.