Procurators enjoyed a quasi-judicial role and were permitted to suspend court decisions....
en.wikipedia.org They were called vestrymen, churchwardens, procurators (procuratores), mambours (mamburni), luminiers, gagers, provisores, vitrici, operarii, altirmanni etc.
en.wikipedia.org A solicitor, strictly speaking, is an assistant to a procurator, doing the mechanical work of preparing documents.
en.wikipedia.org The judges first questioned accused and witnesses, then the procurator and defense counsel to corroborate the evidence in the indictment.
en.wikipedia.org After its organisation as a province, it was governed by an equestrian procurator.
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