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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.: cf. F.

procurateur

. See

, and cf.

. ]

(Law)

One who manages another’s affairs, either generally or in a special matter; an agent; a proctor.

Chaucer. Shak.

(Rom. Antiq.)

A governor of a province under the emperors; also, one who had charge of the imperial revenues in a province;

as, the

procurator

of Judea

Procurator fiscal

(Scots Law)

public prosecutor, or district attorney.

Noun.

The manager of another's affairs. [See Proctor.]