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procuratores ecclesiae parochialis (prok-y<<schwa>>-r<<schwa>>-tor-eez e-klee-z [h]ee-ee p<<schwa>>-roh-kee-ay-lis). [Latin] Hist. A churchwarden; a representative of a parish church. [Blacks Law 8th]

procurator (prok-y<<schwa>>-ray-t<<schwa>>r), n. 1.Roman law. A person informally appointed to represent another in a judicial proceeding; PROCURATOR LITIS. Cf. COGNITOR. 2.Roman law. A government official, usu. subordinate in authority to a provincial governor; one of several imperial officers of the Roman Empire entrusted with the management of the financial affairs of the province and often…

procuration fee.English law. A commission or brokerage allowed to a solicitor for obtaining a loan. — Also termed procuration money. [Blacks Law 8th]

procurationes ad resignandum in favorem (prok-y<<schwa>>-ray-shee-oh-neez ad rez-ig-nan-d<<schwa>>m in f<<schwa>>-vor-<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin] Hist. Procuratories of resignation in favor of the disponee of a vassal. • The phrase referred to the rule requiring a vassal’s resignation before a superior had to receive the disponee of a vassal to the property. See RESIGNATION(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

procuration (prok-y<<schwa>>-ray-sh<<schwa>>n).1. The act of appointing someone as an agent or attorney-in-fact. [Cases: Principal and Agent 10(1). C.J.S. Agency § 45.] 2. The authority vested in a person so appointed; the function of an attorney. 3.PROCUREMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

procuratio (prok-y<<schwa>>-ray-shee-oh). [Latin] Management of another’s affairs; agency. [Blacks Law 8th]

procurare (prok-y<<schwa>>-rair-ee), vb.[Latin] To take care of another’s affairs. [Blacks Law 8th]

procuracy (prok-y<<schwa>>-r<<schwa>>-see). The document that grants power to an attorney-in-fact; a letter of agency. [Blacks Law 8th]

proctorship. See PROCURATORIUM. [Blacks Law 8th]

proctor. 1. One appointed to manage the affairs of another. 2. An advocate who represents clients in ecclesiastical courts; PROCURATOR(4). 3.DIVORCE PROCTOR . 4. An advocate who represents a party in the admiralty side of a district court. — Also termed (in sense 4) proctor in admiralty. [Blacks Law 8th]