procurator

Signification (Anglais)

  1. A tax collector.
  2. An agent or attorney.
  3. A legal officer who both investigates and prosecutes crimes, found in some inquisitorial legal systems, particularly communist or formerly communist states – see public procurator
  4. (Ancient-Rome) The governor of a small imperial province.

Concepts

proxy

marque substitutive

Traductions

πληρεξούσιος

εισαγγελέας

επίτροπος

Fréquence

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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈpɹɑkjəˌɹeɪtɚ/
Étymologie (Anglais)

Inherited from Middle English procuratour, from Anglo-Norman procuratour, from Latin prōcūrātor, from prōcūrō (“I procure”) (English procure). Equivalent to procure + -ator and a doublet of proctor.

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