procurator

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procurator /ˈprɒkjʊreɪtə/

▶noun

• 1 Law an agent representing others in a court in countries retaining Roman civil law.

• 2 (in Scotland) a lawyer practising before the lower courts.

• 3 historical a treasury officer in a province of the Roman Empire.

– derivatives
procuratorial adjective,
procuratorship noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. procuratour or L. procurator ‘administrator, finance agent’, from procurat-, procurare (see procure).