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.