单词 | procurator general |
释义 | procurator generaln. 1. Law. a. A chief legal representative or agent; spec. (a) the chief prosecuting attorney of a court; cf. procureur general n. at procureur n. 1; (b) (esp. in Russian or Soviet contexts) the chief legal officer of the state. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > legal representative or agent > specific procurator general1548 interdictor1681 sine quo non1693 general counsel1849 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxxviii This report did the Procurator generall there (whiche we call here the Liuetenaunt) make of him, that he was, homo doctus, pius et bonus, that is to say, learned, godly, and good. 1652 J. Selden Of Dominion or Ownership of Sea ii. xxvi. 400 It..was Registred and Published with the Qualification required by the Procurator General, at the charge of the Executor, according to the antient Forms. 1777 tr. Voltaire Hist. Russ. Empire II. xiii. 152 He [sc. Peter the Great] then instituted a procurator-general, assisted by four assessors... These were to overlook the conduct of the judges. 1819 Times 17 May 2/6 The witness went on to state, that he blamed M. Vander Fosse, the Procurator-general at Brussels, for not arresting Lord Kinaird. 1986 L. I. Shelley in D. A. Loeber Ruling Communist Parties i. 88 The Procurator of the Ukraine learned that the Office of the Procurator General of the USSR had agreed to review the case. 2004 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 25 Oct. 14 [The] manifesto sent to the European Council was co-signed by the procurator-general of the French supreme court. b. British. More fully Her (also His) Majesty's Procurator General: = Queen's (also King's) Proctor n. at proctor n.1 4. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > other officers of specific courts alderman1275 steward of the manor1303 Queen's (also King's) Proctor?a1425 remembrancer1451 augmentationer1550 associate1552 procurator-fiscal1564 proctor-fiscal1565 chafer1587 custos brevium1589 examiner1594 chafe-wax1607 exceptor1728 procurator general1740 Marshal of the (Court of) Admiralty1769 Pundit of the Supreme Court1827 1740 London Mag. May 242/2 They mutually exchanged the said Instruments, the same having been first attested by Dr. Paul, his Majesty's Advocate General, and Edward Greenly, Esq; his Majesty's Procurator General, Notaries Publick. 1786 St. Eustasius: Case on Behalf of R. Puller (Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes) 6 The several Proctors for the Claimants..prayed..That..the Judge would be pleased to assign his Majesty's Procurator General to bring in on Oath the Inventories of the several Goods seized on Shore. 1844 Times 11 Nov. 4/7 That gentleman, since the year 1815, has held the office of Her Majesty's Procurator-General, more commonly called Queen's Proctor. 1985 Guardian (Nexis) 14 Feb. Sir Basil, former Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor, is the first of the three people submitted to Strasbourg by the Foreign Secretary. 2. Chiefly in Spanish and Portuguese contexts: the official agent or representative of a sovereign state, esp. in one of its colonies. Now historical. ΚΠ 1561 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 179 At the instance of Johne Baptista de Sambitore, procuratour generall for the Spanische natioun. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. II. vi. 236 They elected him procurator general of the Spanish nation in Peru. 1822 Times 12 Dec. 2/4 I accept the title of Constitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender of Brazil,..having heard my Council of State and Procurator-General. 1916 tr. in H. E. Bolton Spanish Exploration in Southwest iii. 222 For temporal matters go such honorable persons as Captain and Procurator-general Gaspar Perez de Villagran. 3. Roman Catholic Church. (a) The official representative of a religious order at the Vatican; (b) the head of a Jesuit mission (now historical). ΚΠ 1690 tr. G. Deageant Memoires of Monsieur Deageant 265 His Holiness declared to him that he intended to persist in his Purpose.., but it happened otherwise; for the Procurator-General [Fr. le Procureur general] of his Order was made Cardinal in his stead. 1707 N. N. tr. J. Crasset Hist. Church of Japan II. 325 Being constituted by Superiours, Procurator-General of Japan, he exercis'd that Office with most singular Prudence and Charity. 1878 F. J. Pabisch & T. S. Byrne tr. J. Alzog Man. Universal Church Hist. III. 567 Father La Valette, the Procurator General of the Society in the island of Martinique. 1900 tr. in Jesuit Relations & Allied Documents LXX. 314 (note) Antoine de Lavalette, procurator-general of the Jesuit missions in the Caribee Islands.., was engaged in extensive commercial operations for the support of the missions. 1957 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 39 87 The Procurator General was both treasurer for the order and the chief liaison officer with the..papal congregations... The mass of materials which accumulated in his office because he was treasurer..has greater pertinence for the historian. 1988 N.Y. Times 21 Oct. b2/1 In Rome, the procurator general of the Dominican order..confirmed that Father Fox had been asked, ‘in accord with the Vatican’, to ‘observe a period of reflection’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1548 |
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