Procurator

procurator
    n 1: a person authorized to act for another [syn: {proxy},
         {placeholder}, {procurator}]
    2: (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to
       manage finance and taxes
    

Procurator \Proc"u*ra`tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. procurateur. See
   {Procure}, and cf. {Proctor}. ]
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   1. (Law) One who manages another's affairs, either generally
      or in a special matter; an agent; a proctor. --Chaucer.
      Shak.
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   2. (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.
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   {Procurator fiscal} (Scots Law), public prosecutor, or
      district attorney.
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PROCURATOR, civil law. A proctor; a person who acts for another by virtue of 
a procuration. Procurator est, qui aliena negotia mandata Domini 
administrat. Dig 3, 3, 1. Vide Attorney; Authority. 
    

PROCURATOR in rem suam. Scotch law. This imports that one is acting as 
attorney as to his own property. When an assignment of a thing is made, as a 
debt, and a procuration or power of attorney is given to the assignee to 
receive the same, he is in such case procurator in rein suam. 3 Stair's 
Inst. 1, Sec. 2, 3, &c.; 3 Ersk. 5, Sec. 2; 1 Bell's Com. B. 5, c. 2, s. 1, 
Sec. 2. 
    

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      MC, advocate, agent, alter ego, alternate, amicus curiae, attorney,
      attorney-at-law, backup, backup man, bailiff, barrister,
      barrister-at-law, butler, champion, counsel, counselor,
      counselor-at-law, croupier, curator, custodian, deputy, dummy,
      emcee, executive officer, exponent, factor, figurehead,
      friend at court, guardian, housekeeper, intercessor, landreeve,
      lawyer, legal adviser, legal counselor, legal expert,
      legal practitioner, legalist, librarian, lieutenant, locum,
      locum tenens, majordomo, master of ceremonies, mouthpiece,
      paranymph, pinch hitter, pleader, proctor, proxy, representative,
      sea lawyer, second in command, secondary, self-styled lawyer,
      seneschal, solicitor, stand-in, steward, substitute, surrogate,
      understudy, utility man, vicar, vicar general, vice, vicegerent