See also:

• PROCURATOR (Lat. procurare, to take care of)

PROCURATOR (See also:

• LAT

Lat. procurare, to take care of)  , generally one who acts for another . With the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans it was applied to a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person who maintained or defended an See also:

• ACTION

action on behalf of another, thus performing the functions of a See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney . See also:

• ROMAN

Roman families of importance employed an See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official corresponding to the modern steward and frequently called the See also:

• PROCURATOR (Lat. procurare, to take care of)

procurator . Later the name was applied especially to certain imperial officials in the provinces of the Roman See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire . With the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the imperial See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power under See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus, the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor took under his See also:

• DIRECT

direct See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government those of which the See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition or situation rendered a large military force necessary . Here certain officials, known as the procuratores Caesaris, took the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place occupied by the See also:

• QUAESTOR (from Lat. quaero, investigate)

quaestor in the senatorial provinces . They were either See also:

• EQUITES (" horsemen " or " knights," from eques," horse ")

equites or freedmen of the See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar and their See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office was concerned with the interests of the fiscus (the public See also:

• PROPERTY

property of the Caesar) . They looked after the taxes and paid the troops . There were also officials bearing this See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of procuratores Caesaris in the senatorial provinces . They collected certain dues of the fiscus which were See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent of those paid to the See also:

• AERARIUM (from Lat. aes, in its derived sense of " money ")

aerarium (the property of the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate) . This organization lasted with some modifications until the 3rd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . The procurator was an important official in the reorganized empire of See also:

• DIOCLETIAN (GAIUs AURELIUS VALERIUS DIOCLETIANUS) (A.D. 245–313)
• DIOCLETIAN, EDICT OF (De Pretiis rerum venalium)

Diocletian .

The title remained all through the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages to describe very various officials . Thus it was sometimes applied to a See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent acting for a See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king during his minority or See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence; sometimes it appears as an alternative title to See also:

• SENESCHAL (the O. Fr. form, mod. senechal, of the Low Lat. senescalcus, a word of Teutonic origin, meaning " old or senior servant," Goth. sini- old; cf. Lat. senex and stalks, servant; Du Cange's derivation from seneste, flock, herd, must be rejected)

seneschal or dapifer . It preserved its legal significance in the title of procurator animarum, who acted as See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor or See also:

• PROXY (short for " procuracy ")

proxy in the ecclesiastical courts, and was so called because these courts dealt with matters affecting the spiritual interests of the persons concerned . The economical significance remained in such titles as procurator anniversariorum, the exactor of dues for the celebration of anniversaries; this office was assigned to laymen . The procurator draperii was entrusted with the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of matters pertaining to the See also:

• ART

art of See also:

• CLOTH

cloth-making . The procurator duplarum was the See also:

• COLLECTOR

collector of fines in certain churches from absent canons, &c .