procurator

  • 31Procurator Fiscal — A procurator fiscal is the public prosecutor in Scotland, also carrying out functions broadly equivalent to the coroner in other legal systems.For the majority of crimes in Scotland the procurators fiscal present cases for the prosecution in the… …

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  • 32Procurator (Roman fiscal) — A Roman fiscal procurator ( procurator Augusti ) was the chief financial officer of a province of the Roman Empire during the Principate era (30 BC 284 AD). The term should not be confused with the title of procurator held by the governors of… …

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  • 33Procurator, der — Der Procurātor, des s, oder tōris, plur. die Procuratōres oder Procuratōren, aus dem Lat. Procurator, derjenige, welchem die Besorgung einer Sache, oder die Sorge für eine Sache von einem andern aufgetragen ist, wo dieses Wort noch in vielen… …

    Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart

  • 34Procurator (Teutonic Knights) — The procurator of the Teutonic Knights was a position in their monastic state. The procurator was responsible for the court matters and administration of a specific region called a procuratoria , as well as commanding the army.As a commander, the …

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  • 35procurator fiscal — UK [ˌprɒkjʊreɪtə(r) ˈfɪsk(ə)l] / US [ˌprɑkjureɪtə ˈfɪsk(ə)l] noun [countable] Word forms procurator fiscal : singular procurator fiscal plural procurator fiscals British in Scotland, a lawyer who works for the government and whose job is to… …

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  • 36procurator litis — /prokyareytar laytas/ In the civil law, one who by command of another institutes and carries on for him a suit. Procurator is properly used of the attorney of actor (the plaintiff), defensor of the attorney of reus (the defendant). It is… …

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  • 37procurator-general — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷ noun (plural procurators general or procurator generals) : a procurator of high rank …

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  • 38procurator fiscal — Fiscal Fis cal, n. 1. The income of a prince or a state; revenue; exchequer. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. A treasurer. H. Swinburne. [1913 Webster] 3. A public officer in Scotland who prosecutes in petty criminal cases; called also {procurator …

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  • 39Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland — The Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the principal legal advisor to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Former procurators included Lord Penrose and Lord Hodge …

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  • 40procurator fiscal — procurators fiscal N COUNT: usu the N In the Scottish legal system, the procurator fiscal is a public official who puts people on trial …

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