Law Dictionary Definitions

procurator litis (prok-y<<schwa>>-ray-t<<schwa>>r lI-tis). [Latin] Roman law. A person who represents another in a lawsuit. — Often shortened to procurator. Cf. DEFENSOR(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

procuratorium (prok-y<<schwa>>-r<<schwa>>-tor-ee-<<schwa>>m), n. [Law Latin] Hist. The instrument by which a person appointed a procurator as the person’s representative in litigation. — Also termed proctorship; proxy. [Blacks Law 8th]

procuratorio nomine (prok-y<<schwa>>-r<<schwa>>-tor-ee-oh nahm-<<schwa>>-nee). [Latin] Hist. In the name and character of a procurator. See PROCURATOR. [Blacks Law 8th]

procurator in rem suam (prok-y<<schwa>>-ray-t<<schwa>>r in rem s[y]oo-<<schwa>>m). [Latin] 1.Roman law. An assignee of a right of action. • True agency did not exist in Roman law, so a principal whose agent had, for example, bought something on the principal’s behalf would have to be made the agent’s procurator to claim under that sale. 2.Scots…

procurator fiscal. Scots law. The representative of the Lord Advocate in inferior courts, responsible for investigating sudden deaths and crimes and for prosecuting in the sheriff or district court. [Blacks Law 8th]  

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]