PRAETOR

By SovConn | July 25, 2014

praetor (pree-t<<schwa>>r), n. [Latin] Roman law. The magistrate responsible for identifying and framing the legal issues in a case and for ordering a lay judge (judex) to hear evidence and decide the case in accordance with the formula. See FORMULA(1).

praetor fideicommissarius (pree-t<<schwa>>r fI-dee-I-kom-<<schwa>>-sair-ee-<< schwa>>s). A special praetor having jurisdiction over cases involving trusts.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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