Meaning & use
Procurator
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An agent or proxy who manages the affairs of another, especially a Roman official responsible for financial or administrative matters in a province.
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Pontius Pilate served as the Roman procurator of Judea.
In some legal systems, a procurator still acts as an official representative in court.
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In Scots law, a 'procurator fiscal' is the public prosecutor, a title that preserves this ancient Roman sense of an official agent.
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